Analgetic and Anxiolytic Effect of Preoperative Pregabalin

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether the use of oral pregabalin 150 mg as premedication reduces the amount and degree of postoperative pain. Furthermore the purpose of this study is to determine whether the use of oral pregabalin 150 mg as premedication reduces anxiety prior to anaesthesia in these patients.

Timeline

Start

2005-11

Primary completion

2009-05

Completion

2010-06

Publications

• Background Woolf CJ, Chong MS. Preemptive analgesia--treating postoperative pain by preventing the establishment of central sensitization. Anesth Analg. 1993 Aug;77(2):362-79. doi: 10.1213/00000539-199377020-00026. No abstract available.
• Background Menigaux C, Adam F, Guignard B, Sessler DI, Chauvin M. Preoperative gabapentin decreases anxiety and improves early functional recovery from knee surgery. Anesth Analg. 2005 May;100(5):1394-1399. doi: 10.1213/01.ANE.0000152010.74739.B8.
• Background Dirks J, Fredensborg BB, Christensen D, Fomsgaard JS, Flyger H, Dahl JB. A randomized study of the effects of single-dose gabapentin versus placebo on postoperative pain and morphine consumption after mastectomy. Anesthesiology. 2002 Sep;97(3):560-4. doi: 10.1097/00000542-200209000-00007.
• Spreng UJ, Dahl V, Raeder J. Effect of a single dose of pregabalin on post-operative pain and pre-operative anxiety in patients undergoing discectomy. Acta Anaesthesiol Scand. 2011 May;55(5):571-6. doi: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.2011.02410.x. Epub 2011 Mar 8.

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