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Gabapentin: a multimodal perioperative drug?

V.K.F Kong, +1 more
- 01 Dec 2007 - 
- Vol. 99, Iss: 6, pp 775-786
TLDR
Clinical trial data are reviewed describing the efficacy and safety of gabapentin in the setting of perioperative anaesthetic management for chronic post-surgical pain, postoperative nausea and vomiting, and delirium.
Abstract
Gabapentin is a second generation anticonvulsant that is effective in the treatment of chronic neuropathic pain. It was not, until recently, thought to be useful in acute perioperative conditions. However, a growing body of evidence suggests that perioperative administration is efficacious for postoperative analgesia, preoperative anxiolysis, attenuation of the haemodynamic response to laryngoscopy and intubation, and preventing chronic post-surgical pain, postoperative nausea and vomiting, and delirium. This article reviews the clinical trial data describing the efficacy and safety of gabapentin in the setting of perioperative anaesthetic management.

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