Open AccessA single dose of preoperative gabapentin for pain reduction and requirement of morphine after total mastectomy and axillary dissection: Randomized placebo-controlled double-blind trial
Author(s) -
Vinod K. Grover,
Preethy J Mathew,
Sandhya Yaddanapudi,
Shobha Sehgal
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
journal of postgraduate medicine/journal of postgraduate medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.405
H-Index - 52
eISSN - 0972-2823
pISSN - 0022-3859
DOI - 10.4103/0022-3859.58928
Subject(s) - medicine , gabapentin , placebo , anesthesia , randomized controlled trial , analgesic , morphine , surgery , alternative medicine , pathology
Gabapentin has been recently found to be useful for reducing acute postoperative pain when administered preoperatively. Although various dose regimens have been tried in different surgical settings, the minimum effective dose is not established.