Post-cesarean Analgesia With Epidural Morphine Following Epidural 2-chloroprocaine

Post-cesarean Analgesia With Epidural Morphine Following Epidural 2-chloroprocaine

The purpose of this study is to show that the effect of 3% 2-chloroprocaine prior to epidural morphine administration will be not inferior to the effect of epidural 2% lidocaine with 1:200,000 epinephrine on total opioid use for 24h

Inclusion Criteria:

• pregnant patients
• live singleton pregnancy

Exclusion Criteria:

• BMI >40
• obstructive sleep apnea
• drug abuse
• chronic pain
• chronic opioid use
• nonfunctioning epidural