40
Participants
Start Date
January 8, 2021
Primary Completion Date
April 6, 2022
Study Completion Date
April 6, 2022
Bacteriostatic Normal Saline
A skin wheal will be made with bacteriostatic normal saline (BNS). BNS contains 0.9% benzyl alcohol and benzyl alcohol is an opium alkaloid that is sometimes added to physiologic normal saline for its bacteriostatic properties. The skin wheal will be created by injecting the medication intra-dermally with a 26 gauge needle.
1% Lidocaine
A skin wheal will be made with 1% lidocaine. The skin wheal will be created by injecting the medication intra-dermally with a 26 gauge needle.
Grady Pain Clinic, Atlanta
Emory University
OTHER