Intraoperative Magnesium Sulfate can Reduce Narcotic Requirement after Coronary Bypass Surgery

Abstract

Narcotics are the most common drugs that have been used after cardiac surgery. Everyone knows that their side effects including respiratory depression, hemodynamic instability, and nausea, vomiting and itching are dose dependent. Magnesium is both N Methyl D Aspartate (NMDA) – receptor and calcium receptor antagonist and can modify important mechanisms of nociception. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of magnesium sulfate on pain score and reducing narcotic requirement in coronary artery bypass surgery patients