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August 22, 2025Spine

Postoperative Gabapentinoid use Reduces Long-Term Opioid Reliance After Long-Segment Lumbar Instrumentation

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Retrospective cohort analysis shows gabapentinoids reduce opioid reliance in spinal surgery, suggesting a pain management strategy.

Gabapentinoid prescription significantly lowers non-codeine-based and strong opioid use post-surgery for patients with 3-6 lumbar segments.
Patients receiving gabapentinoids had higher weak opioid prescriptions at certain time intervals, but reduced reliance on stronger opioids overall.
Retrospective cohort analysis from the TriNetX Research Network assessed long-term opioid prescriptions and preoperative diagnoses across various lumbar procedures.
Findings support gabapentinoids as part of a multimodal strategy to reduce chronic opioid dependency in spine surgery patients.

Karnati et al. (2025) studied this question.

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