Comparison of Pregabalin Versus Gabapentin as Pre-emptive Analgesic

Inclusion Criteria: * Either gender * Aged 20-60 years * Undergoing lower limb orthopedic surgeries under spinal anesthesia Exclusion Criteria: * Patients with a previous history of spine interventions, including surgery or injections (transforaminal, epidural, or facetal) for pain relief * Patients under any sort of pain modulation therapy, like transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation * Patients had a long-term history of any analgesia use * Those with psychiatric disorders, alcohol/drug dependence, hepatic, renal, cardiac, or pulmonary abnormalities, * With a history of allergies to gabapentinoids