Oral Caffeine Use for Pain Management in AIS Patients After Spinal Fusion

Caffeine is approved by the FDA as a stimulant. A stimulant approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment to increase mental alertness and in combination with painkiller to treat migraine headaches. It is approved in the form of pill or tablet.

Placebo, empty opaque dark blue blank capsule, taken twice daily. This will be an adjuvant to their standard pain control.