Neuropathic pain is a common complication following different types of spine surgery making negative impact on health, along with life style changes and management, many neurologist prescribed either Pregabalin or Gabapentin to manage this condition with overall good results. our study aims to evaluate the efficacy of Pregabalin and Gabapentin in the management of this condition and to compare between them
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
60
Each patient complaining of pain associated with spine surgery who is randomly enrolled this arm of the study and start the specific medication of the arm with the recommended dose and duration for a period of one month, patient will be followed regularly regarding compliance to doses and to register any side effect.
Each patient complaining of pain associated with spine surgery who is randomly enrolled this arm of the study and start the specific medication of the arm with the recommended dose and duration for a period of one month, patient will be followed regularly regarding compliance to doses and to register any side effect.
Laith Thamer Al-Ameri
Baghdad, Iraq
Efficacy in Neuropathic pain management
Visual analogue scale pain, minimum score is 0, maximum is 10, the higher ther score the more severe pain
Time frame: outcome will be assessed one month after the initiation of medication
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