Abstract

This is a research study to compare the degree of pain relief (analgesia) from the drug neostigmine when injected into the back near the spine (spinal) in men and in women. Neostigmine is a non-narcotic medicine which is approved for injection in the vein, but not spinally. We and others have been studying neostigmine for spinal injection for 5 years, both in volunteers and in patients, and have found it to be an effective pain reliever. In our first studies, it was noted that neostigmine's affect appeared greater in women than in men. In order to confirm this sex difference and to see if it is due to estrogen exposure, 20 men and 40 women (20 during estrogen withdrawal time of oral contraceptives and 20 during estrogen treatment) will be enrolled to receive intrathecal neostigmine and test analgesia to a pain stimulus.

  Funding Agency

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Center for Research Resources (NCRR)
Type
General Clinical Research Centers Program (M01)
Project #
5M01RR007122-09
Application #
6309861
Study Section
Project Start
1999-12-01
Project End
2001-02-28
Budget Start
1998-10-01
Budget End
1999-09-30
Support Year
9
Fiscal Year
2000
Total Cost
$24,232
Indirect Cost

  Institution

Name
Wake Forest University Health Sciences
Department
Type
DUNS #
041418799
City
Winston-Salem
State
NC
Country
United States
Zip Code
27106

  Publications

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Keaton, Jacob M; Gao, Chuan; Guan, Meijian et al. (2018) Genome-wide interaction with the insulin secretion locus MTNR1B reveals CMIP as a novel type 2 diabetes susceptibility gene in African Americans. Genet Epidemiol 42:559-570
Autmizguine, Julie; Tan, Sylvia; Cohen-Wolkowiez, Michael et al. (2018) Antifungal Susceptibility and Clinical Outcome in Neonatal Candidiasis. Pediatr Infect Dis J 37:923-929
Jilling, Tamas; Ambalavanan, Namasivayam; Cotten, C Michael et al. (2018) Surgical necrotizing enterocolitis in extremely premature neonates is associated with genetic variations in an intergenic region of chromosome 8. Pediatr Res 83:943-953
South, Andrew M; Nixon, Patricia A; Chappell, Mark C et al. (2018) Association between preterm birth and the renin-angiotensin system in adolescence: influence of sex and obesity. J Hypertens 36:2092-2101
Hong, Jaeyoung; Hatchell, Kathryn E; Bradfield, Jonathan P et al. (2018) Transethnic Evaluation Identifies Low-Frequency Loci Associated With 25-Hydroxyvitamin D Concentrations. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 103:1380-1392
Riley, Robert F; Miller, Chadwick D; Russell, Gregory B et al. (2017) Cost analysis of the History, ECG, Age, Risk factors, and initial Troponin (HEART) Pathway randomized control trial. Am J Emerg Med 35:77-81
Washburn, Lisa K; Nixon, Patricia A; Snively, Beverly M et al. (2017) Antenatal corticosteroids and cardiometabolic outcomes in adolescents born with very low birth weight. Pediatr Res 82:697-703

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