Narcotic Use After Minor Hand Surgery

Carilion Clinic

Status

Completed

Conditions

Minor Surgical Procedures

Narcotics Use

Pain, Postoperative

Treatments

Behavioral: Initial prescription for 10 narcotic tabs

Behavioral: Inital prescription for 30 narcotic tabs

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT02970383

MMR-CT-1

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study evaluates the effect of larger or smaller opioid prescriptions following minor surgery on the amount of narcotic used, patient reported satisfaction, refill requests, and leftover narcotic.

Full description

Patients are randomized to receive prescriptions for either 10 or 30 tabs of 5 mg hydrocodone/325 mg acetaminophen following minor hand surgery. Patients are allowed to request additional medication as needed. Patients are contacted by phone 10-14 days after their surgery to answer a questionnaire regarding number of pills taken, number of refills requested, number of remaining pills, their satisfaction with their pain control and their surgery, and their opinion regarding the appropriateness of the prescription size.

Enrollment

200 patients

Sex

All

Ages

18 to 70 years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

patients undergoing minor hand surgery by a participating surgeon within the study period

Exclusion criteria

narcotic use within previous 3 months
concurrent procedure
acute trauma
pregnancy
allergy or other contraindication or intolerance to hydrocodone or acetaminophen
post-operative complications
inability to provide personal consent to the procedure or the research