Study of Effect of Pregabaline in Acute and Chronic Pain

Fifty adult patients of both sexes are selected for the study. Thirty patients were non-neurological pain among them knee joint arthoplasty were 33.3%, wrist joint fracture 33.35, shoulder joint surgery were 16.6% and mandible fracture were 16.6%. While neurological patients i.e Diabetic neuropathy having acute pain 3%, and chronic pain were 70%. Spinal cord injury having lumbar level injury were 60%, and cervical level of spinal cord injury were 40% (both were acute). As pregabalin is a non opoid drug, which has more effective in acute and chronic neurological pain rather than chronic arthitic pain. Moreover, perioperative administration of pregabaline causes least nusea, vomiting and pruritis and adverse effect include sedation, dizziness and visual disturbance. These findings are more or less in agreement with previous studies.