• Anesth Essays Res · May 2016

    Comparative clinical study of gabapentin and pregabalin for postoperative analgesia in laparoscopic cholecystectomy.

    • Rajshree Mishra, Manoj Tripathi, and H C Chandola.
    • Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, AIIMS, New Delhi, India.
    • Anesth Essays Res. 2016 May 1; 10 (2): 201-6.

    BackgroundReduction in central sensitization by gabapentinoids that include gabapentin and pregabalin may reduce acute postoperative pain.AimsThe aim of this study is to evaluate postoperative analgesic benefit and efficacy in patients administered with oral gabapentin or pregabalin as premedication for laparoscopic cholecystectomy under general anesthesia.Settings And DesignRandomized, prospective, and comparative study.Materials And MethodsIn this study, recruited patients were randomly allocated in three groups. Groups A, B, and C received 2 capsules of B complex, 3 capsules of 300 mg gabapentin each, and 2 capsules of 75 mg pregabalin, respectively, each in 30 patients of each group, 1 h before induction of anesthesia. Postoperative efficacy among these three groups was compared with respect to increase in duration of analgesia, reduction in postoperative pain scores, total postoperative requirements of analgesics and side effects.Statistical AnalysisMean and standard deviation were calculated. Test of analysis between two groups was done by t-test and among three groups by analysis of variance, and then P value was calculated.ResultsPregabalin and gabapentin group had lower visual analog scale (VAS) score (P < 0.05), prolonged timing of first rescue analgesic (4.67 ± 14.79 vs. 158 ± 13.10 vs. 343.16 ± 9.69) min, and less opioid consumption (169.87 ± 20.32 vs. 116.13 ± 14.08 vs. 64.67 ± 16.69) mg compared to placebo group. Between the gabapentinoids, pregabalin group had lower VAS score, prolonged timing of first rescue analgesic, and less opioids consumption than the gabapentin group.ConclusionIt is concluded in this study that pregabalin group had lower VAS score, prolonged timing of first rescue analgesic, and less opioids consumption than the gabapentin group. Both gabapentinoids had better postoperative analgesic profile than placebo.

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