Antiepileptic drugs as analgesics/adjuvants in inflammatory pain: current preclinical evidence

M Tomić, U Pecikoza, A Micov, S Vučković… - Pharmacology & …, 2018 - Elsevier
Inflammatory pain is the most common type of pain that is treated clinically. The use of
currently available treatments (classic analgesics-NSAIDs, paracetamol and opioids) is …

Antiepileptics and the treatment of neuropathic pain: evidence from animal models

G Blackburn-Munro, HK Erichsen - Current pharmaceutical …, 2005 - ingentaconnect.com
Neuropathic pain is characterised by both positive (hyperalgesia and allodynia) and
negative (sensory deficits) symptoms and remains intractable to many commonly used …

Neurobiology of neuropathic pain: mode of action of anticonvulsants

AH Dickenson, EA Matthews, R Suzuki - European journal of pain, 2002 - Elsevier
Anticonvulsants are widely used for the treatment of neuropathic pain. Here we review the
evidence for a number of peripheral and central changes after nerve injury that may provide …

Current status of the new antiepileptic drugs in chronic pain

HS Sidhu, A Sadhotra - Frontiers in pharmacology, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) are extensively used worldwide to treat a wide range of disorders
other than epilepsy, such as neuropathic pain, migraine, and bipolar disorder. Due to this …

Anticonvulsants for neuropathic pain syndromes: mechanisms of action and place in therapy

IW Tremont-Lukats, C Megeff, MM Backonja - Drugs, 2000 - Springer
Neuropathic pain, a form of chronic pain caused by injury to or disease of the peripheral or
central nervous system, is a formidable therapeutic challenge to clinicians because it does …

Anticonvulsants in neuropathic pain: rationale and clinical evidence

TS Jensen - European Journal of Pain, 2002 - Elsevier
Neuropathic pain, whether of peripheral or central origin, is characterized by a neuronal
hyperexcitability in damaged areas of the nervous system. In peripheral neuropathic pain …

Newer antiepileptic drugs: possible uses in the treatment of neuropathic pain and migraine

M Pappagallo - Clinical therapeutics, 2003 - Elsevier
Background: Both neuropathic pain and migraine are now being treated with a variety of
newer antiepileptic drugs (AEDs). The proven efficacy of gabap in postherpetic neuralgia …

The efficacy of eslicarbazepine acetate in models of trigeminal, neuropathic, and visceral pain: the involvement of 5-HT: 1B/1D: serotonergic and CB: 1:/CB: 2 …

MA Tomic, UB Pecikoza, AM Micov… - Anesthesia & …, 2015 - journals.lww.com
BACKGROUND: Many clinical pain states that are difficult to treat share a common feature of
sensitization of nociceptive pathways. Drugs that could normalize hyperexcitable neural …

Anticonvulsants: aspects of their mechanisms of action

B Söderpalm - European Journal of Pain, 2002 - Elsevier
An ideal anticonvulsant drug would prevent or inhibit excessive pathological neuronal
discharge without interfering with physiological neuronal activity and without producing …

Why are antiepileptic drugs used for nonepileptic conditions?

M Bialer - Epilepsia, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) are used to treat various nonepileptic central nervous system
(CNS) disorders, both in neurology and psychiatry. Most AEDs have multiple mechanisms of …