Can Pregabalin Reduce the Frequency and Severity of Dry Eye Symptoms After Laser-assisted in Situ Keratomileusis?

Summary

Can Lyrica (Pregabalin) help prevent severe Dry Eye post LASIK surgery?

Timeline

Start

2016-07-26

Primary completion

2018-12-01

Completion

2018-12-01

Publications

• Background Levitt AE, Galor A, Weiss JS, Felix ER, Martin ER, Patin DJ, Sarantopoulos KD, Levitt RC. Chronic dry eye symptoms after LASIK: parallels and lessons to be learned from other persistent post-operative pain disorders. Mol Pain. 2015 Apr 21;11:21. doi: 10.1186/s12990-015-0020-7.
• Levitt AE, Galor A, Small L, Feuer W, Felix ER. Pain sensitivity and autonomic nervous system parameters as predictors of dry eye symptoms after LASIK. Ocul Surf. 2021 Jan;19:275-281. doi: 10.1016/j.jtos.2020.10.004. Epub 2020 Oct 21.

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