Gabapentinoids

With an opioid crisis at its peak, physicians need to be more cognizant of the various pain modalities available to patients. Gabapentinoids are one of the many non-opioid options to help with acute and chronic pain.

What are gabapentinoids?

Wikipedia

Analgesic mechanisms of gabapentinoids and effects in experimental pain models: a narrative review. British Journal of Anaesthesia. Volume 120, Issue 6, June 2018, Pages 1315-1334.

AAFP.org

FDA

ACPHospitalist.org

Resources:

Non-opioid IV adjuvants in the perioperative period: pharmacological and clinical aspects of ketamine and gabapentinoids. Pharmacol Res. 2012 Apr;65(4):411-29.

Systemic analgesia and co-analgesia. Acta Anaesthesiol Belg. 2006;57(2):113-20.

A comparison of gabapentin and ketamine in acute and chronic pain after hysterectomy. Anesth Analg. 2009 Nov;109(5):1645-50.

Perioperative gabapentin reduces 24 h opioid consumption and improves in-hospital rehabilitation but not post-discharge outcomes after total knee arthroplasty with peripheral nerve block. Br J Anaesth. 2014 Nov;113(5):855-64.

From BJA Anaesth 2914 Nov. Fig 2.

Post‐operative analgesic effects of paracetamol, NSAIDs , glucocorticoids, gabapentinoids and their combinations: a topical review. Acta Anaesthesiol Scand. 2014 Nov;58(10):1165-81.

What our patients are getting:

• July 2020
  • Cardiac pre-op: Lyrica 150mg PO