Failed Back Surgery Syndrome
Conditions
Keywords
Pregabalin, Gabapentin, neuropathic pain, spine surgery
Brief summary
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
Interventions
DRUGPregabalin 75mg
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.
DRUGGabapentin 300mg
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.
Sponsors
Al-Kindy College of Medicine
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Patients with Previous spine surgery and subsequent chronic back pain
Exclusion criteria
* Patients with connective tissue diseases * Patients with psychiatric illnesses
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Efficacy in Neuropathic pain management | outcome will be assessed one month after the initiation of medication | Visual analogue scale pain, minimum score is 0, maximum is 10, the higher ther score the more severe pain |
Countries
Iraq
Outcome results
None listed