Summary:
Objective: To determine the effect of memantine on the control of acute postoperative pain after elective hysterectomy
Design Study:
Randomized, double blind, control with medication, Parallel, stage two trials
Method of study:
A. Population studied: Patients referring to Imam Ali Hospital in the year 96-97 undergoing hysterectomy.
o Main criteria for entering the study: patient satisfaction, ages 20 to 70, selective hysterectomy surgery.
o Main exclusion criteria for the study of liver-renal or cardiac diseases and psychiatric illness that may disturb the patient's assessment, drug addiction or any other psychoactive substance, patient's death, and patient's lack of cooperation.
Sample size In this study, we survey 30 patients in each group, of which 60 will be included in the study.
B) Intervention or intervention: One group received 20 mg of oral memantine and the other group received placebo.
C. Time of intervention: one hour before the operation
D-Primary outcome or outcome of the study: patient's pain score (VAS), sedation score, side effects such as nausea and vomiting, and total dose of narcotic in addition to paracetamol at 0 (recovery), 6, 12, 24, 36 and 48