Clinical Trial: Prochlorperazine Maleate Versus Placebo for the Prophylaxis of Acute Mountain Sickness
Study Status: COMPLETED
Recruit Status: COMPLETED
Condition: Acute Mountain Sickness
Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
Official Title: Prochlorperazine Maleate Versus Placebo for the Prophylaxis of Acute Mountain Sickness
Brief Summary:
This study is a trial looking at a drug to help prevent acute mountain sickness.The drug is prochlorperazine, a drug commonly used to treat nausea vomiting and headache.Participants will either take the drug or a placebo, and hike to and sleep at the summit of Mount Blue Sky located at 4,348 meters (14,265 feet).
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