Is Gabapentin a Broad Spectrum Analgesic?

One of the first studies in this space was a randomized double-blind placebo-controlled study conducted by DURX and colleagues in published an anesthesiology in 2002. The authors actually commented, quote, this is the first clinical study to demonstrate an analgesic or anti-hyper-algesic effect of gabapentin in somatic post-operative pain. What a perfect transition for us to start discussing what the next 20 years have actually yielded. We'll start with a systematic review and meta-analysis published in 2015 in the British Journal of Anesthesia that explores the impact of pre-gabilant on post- surgical pain scores. And they looked at whether those outcomes differ according

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