Antiepileptic drugs in the treatment of neuropathic pain

Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 199-206

  Attal, Nadine ^a  

^a HÔPITAL AMBROISE PARÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Antiepileptic drugs; Mechanisms of action; Neuropathic pain; Randomized controlled trials

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; AMPA RECEPTOR; CALCIUM CHANNEL; CAPSAICIN; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLONAZEPAM; GABAPENTIN; GLUTAMIC ACID; KAINIC ACID RECEPTOR; LAMOTRIGINE; MEXILETINE; OXCARBAZEPINE; OXYCODONE; PHENYTOIN; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; SODIUM CHANNEL; TIAGABINE; TOPIRAMATE; TRAMADOL; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; VALPROIC ACID;

ALLODYNIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DROWSINESS; DRUG MECHANISM; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; HUMAN; HYPERALGESIA; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; PAIN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RASH; RECEPTOR BLOCKING; REVIEW; SOMNOLENCE; VERTIGO;

EID: 0035740936     PISSN: 14737175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/14737175.1.2.199     Document Type: Review

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