Chronic Pain: Focus on Anticonvulsants

EI Araya, E Gambeta, VBP Lejeune… - Frontiers in Clinical …, 2022 - books.google.com
Chronic pain is a serious health problem that affects millions globally by decreasing their
quality of life, social activities, and hours of restful sleep. It usually presents psychological …

The role of pregabalin and gabapentin in patients with neuropathic pain

M Kocot-Kępska, M Mańka-Matłok - Ból, 2020 - bolczasopismo.pl
Effective and safe treatment of patients with neuropathic pain (NP), despite the emergence
of new clinical trials, remains a challenge for clinicians. A review of epidemiological data …

Pharmacological treatment of neuropathic pain

LT Yeng - Drugs of Today (Barcelona, Spain: 1998), 2009 - europepmc.org
Neuropathic pain (NP), in view of its non-nociceptive component, is not caused by
physiological lesions but by problems in the nervous system itself, whether in the central …

[HTML][HTML] Therapeutic considerations of gabapentin versus pregabalin in treating chronic neuropathic pain

A Lau, K Daley, H Haag - thischangedmypractice.com
Disclaimer statement: Managing neuropathic pain is a very complex topic and should
encompass using different approaches including pharmacological and non …

[PDF][PDF] A Review of Pregabalin for the Treatment of Peripheral and Central Neuropathic Pain and Its Place in the Treatment of Chronic Pain.

C Pérez, C Margarit, R Gálvez - Clinical Medicine …, 2011 - triggered.stanford.clockss.org
Pregabalin is an α2-δ ligand indicated for the treatment of peripheral and central
neuropathic pain. In this article, we will review the pharmacodynamics, pharmacokinetics …

Is there a role for combined use of gabapentin and pregabalin in pain control? Too good to be true?

H Senderovich, G Jeyapragasan - Current medical research and …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Abstract Gabapentin (Neurontin) and pregabalin (Lyrica) are first-and second-generation
α2δ ligands, respectively, and are both approved for use as adjunctive therapy in pain …

Efficacy and safety of pregabalin in treatment refractory patients with various neuropathic pain entities in clinical routine

R Freynhagen, S Grond, G Schüpfer… - … journal of clinical …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Aims: Conventional approaches to the management of neuropathic pain (NeP) often yield
unsatisfactory results. We aimed to investigate pregabalin, a gamma‐aminobutyric acid …

Pregabalin in neuropathic pain: evidences and possible mechanisms

V Verma, N Singh, A Singh Jaggi - Current neuropharmacology, 2014 - ingentaconnect.com
Pregabalin is an antagonist of voltage gated Ca2+ channels and specifically binds to alpha-
2-delta subunit to produce antiepileptic and analgesic actions. It successfully alleviates the …

Pregabalin in the treatment of chronic pain: an overview

S Chiechio, M Zammataro, F Caraci, L Rampello… - Clinical drug …, 2009 - Springer
Chronic 'pathological'pain is sustained by mechanisms of peripheral and central
sensitization, which are being increasingly investigated at the molecular and cellular levels …

Clinical use of pregabalin in the management of central neuropathic pain

NB Finnerup, TS Jensen - Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment, 2007 - Taylor & Francis
Central neuropathic pain (central pain) is treated with antidepressants, various
anticonvulsants, opioids, and cannabinoids, but in many cases treatment is insufficient and …