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Article: Nicotine patch helps reduce post-surgical pain

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October 14, 2007
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Washington, Oct. 14 -- A new has found that a nicotine patch, generally used to help many smokers decrease their dependency on nicotine, is also effective in reducing post-surgical pain.

Tests conducted by researchers at the Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, showed that using a nicotine patch lessened pain in men after prostate removal surgery.

Lead author Ashraf S. Habib, M.D., associate professor of anesthesiology and director of quality improvement, said that while morphine and other opioids (narcotics) remain the most commonly prescribed post-operative pain medications, many patients ...

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