Analgesic Potentials of Preoperative Pregabalin,Magnesium Sulphate and Their Combination in Acute Post-thoracotomy Pain

Summary

This study evaluates the effect of giving preoperative adjuvant drug as pregabalin or magnesium sulphate or a combination of both drugs to decrease postoperative morphine consumption and pain intensity in the first 24 hours in postoperative period . quarter of patients receive single dose oral pregabalin 300mg 1 hour preoperatively ,other quarter receive single intravenous Magnesium sulphate 50mg per Kg over 200ml saline over 20 minutes preoperatively , other quarter receive combination of both drugs , the last quarter receive placebo drugs . All patients receive 0.1mg per Kg intravenous morphine sulphate intraoperatively

Timeline

Start

2015-07

Primary completion

2019-12

Completion

2019-12

Publications

• Background Sagit M, Yalcin S, Polat H, Korkmaz F, Cetinkaya S, Somdas MA. Efficacy of a single preoperative dose of pregabalin for postoperative pain after septoplasty. J Craniofac Surg. 2013 Mar;24(2):373-5. doi: 10.1097/SCS.0b013e31827fece5.
• Background Kiran S, Gupta R, Verma D. Evaluation of a single-dose of intravenous magnesium sulphate for prevention of postoperative pain after inguinal surgery. Indian J Anaesth. 2011 Jan;55(1):31-5. doi: 10.4103/0019-5049.76605.
• Salah Abdelgalil A, Shoukry AA, Kamel MA, Heikal AMY, Ahmed NA. Analgesic Potentials of Preoperative Oral Pregabalin, Intravenous Magnesium Sulfate, and their Combination in Acute Postthoracotomy Pain. Clin J Pain. 2019 Mar;35(3):247-251. doi: 10.1097/AJP.0000000000000673.

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Indications

No indication recorded.