Characterization of Pain Processing Mechanisms in Irritable Bowel Syndrome

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Conditions studied: Irritable Bowel Syndrome

In brief

The purpose of this study is to provide new information and to determine which kinds of brief, tolerable, experimental pain are affected by the drugs being studied in patients with irritable bowel syndrome, a disease that causes chronic abdominal pain. The effects of dextromethorphan, naloxone, and fentanyl on experimental pain stimuli will be tested in these studies to better understand what causes irritable bowel syndrome.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00100425

Run by

US Department of Veterans Affairs

Starts

2000-09-01

Last updated by the study team

2009-01-21

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 72. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

Where it is running

• Malcolm Randall VA Medical Center — Gainesville, Florida, United States

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