Reducing Postoperative Side Effect of Pregabalin

Summary

The purpose of this study was to determine 1) if pregabalin, when given 37.5 mg twice on the day before surgery, would be effective in reducing the early postoperative side effects including dizziness, nausea, vomiting and sedation of receiving pregabalin 75mg two hours pre-operatively and 75mg per day until the third postoperative day; and 2) whether this intervention affected the opioids consumption, and independent transfers at six hours post-op, time to readiness for independent transfers, time to readiness for discharge and pain or not.

Timeline

Start

2020-11-01

Primary completion

2021-04-30

Completion

2021-05-04

Drugs

Indications