Effect of Gabapentin on morphine demand and pain after laparoscopic sterilization using Filshie clips. A double blind randomized clinical trial.

Background: A considerable number of patients require opioids during recovery after laparoscopic sterilization. This implies nausea, dizziness and sedation and increases the number of unplanned admissions. Gabapentin has shown excellent postoperative analgesic effect in a number of recent studies with few side effects.

Analgesic effect of i.v. paracetamol: possible ceiling effect of paracetamol in postoperative pain.

Background: Despite the widespread use of paracetamol for many years, the analgesic serum concentrations of paracetamol are unknown. Therefore the correlation between serum paracetamol concentrations and the analgesic effect was studied.

Methods: Sixty-four women undergoing laparoscopic sterilization were included in a double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomized study.