Combined Medication for Improved Analgesia in Superficial Pain
Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2017-06-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
This research study is being done to assess if a combination of medications can enhance the
relief of superficial pain (pain at the surface of the skin, such as sunburn pain). The
investigators also want to find out if certain genes may be linked to individual differences
in experienced efficacy of pain killers. The combination of medications under investigation
is diclofenac and atropine. Diclofenac has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug
Administration (FDA) to treat pain. Atropine has been approved by the FDA to treat certain
types of poisoning, heartbeat problems, and other diseases but atropine is not approved to
treat pain. However, atropine has been used for many years in different European countries to
treat painful conditions such as stomach cramps.This research study will compare diclofenac
and atropine to placebo.