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- Title
Pregabalin for refractory postdural puncture headache.
- Authors
Yadav, Anamika; Chatterjee, Aparna S.; Gehdoo, Raghuveersingh Pritamsingh
- Abstract
The article presents a case study of a 33-year-old woman diagnosed with postdural puncture headache (PDPH) who was treated with anticonvulsant pregabalin. Topics discussed include scheduling the patient with carcinoma of stomach for partial gastrectomy, her echocardiography revealing arterial systolic pressure, mild mitral regurgitation and dilated cardiac chambers, intake of tablet pregabalin that lowered intensity of headache and pregabalin as analog of gamma-aminobutyric acid.
- Subjects
HEADACHE treatment; PREGABALIN; CISTERNAL puncture; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; SYSTOLIC blood pressure; MITRAL valve insufficiency; GABA; THERAPEUTICS
- Publication
Journal of Anaesthesiology Clinical Pharmacology, 2015, Vol 31, Issue 2, p258
- ISSN
0970-9185
- Publication type
Case Study
- DOI
10.4103/0970-9185.155163