Conditions: Postoperative Pain
Keywords: Gabapentin PRK pain
Allocation: RANDOMIZED | Intervention model: PARALLEL
Enrollment: 106
Healthy volunteers: yes

Brief summary:
The purpose of this study is to determine the effectiveness of an oral medication called gabapentin in reducing pain after Photorefractive Keratectomy (PRK) eye surgery and to assess the frequency of use of rescue medication interventions, defined as non-steroidal anti-inflammatory (NSAID) eye drops and oral narcotic medication.

Detailed description:

Arms:
arm 1: oral medication arm 2: None

Interventions: intervention 1: Gabapentin intervention 2: placebo
Intervention descriptions: intervention 1: Gabapentin 300 mg taken by mouth thrice daily for 7 days intervention 2: placebo (sugar pill) taken by mouth thrice daily for 7 days

Protocol document: