Myoclonic jerks associated with gabapentin

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 717-718

  Scullin, Paula ^a,b   Sheehan, Patricia ^a,c   Kelly, Sheila ^a  

^a Marie Curie Centre   (United Kingdom)

^b BELFAST CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c St Patrick's Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gabapentin; Myoclonic jerks; Neuropathic pain; Opioid toxicity

Indexed keywords

ANASTROZOLE; CITALOPRAM; DEXAMETHASONE; DOCUSATE SODIUM; GABAPENTIN; HALOPERIDOL; HYDROMORPHONE; KETAMINE; LANSOPRAZOLE; LEVOMEPROMAZINE; MEGESTROL ACETATE; MORPHINE SULFATE; OMEPRAZOLE; PARACETAMOL; PYRIDOXINE; ROFECOXIB; SCOPOLAMINE BUTYL BROMIDE; VENLAFAXINE; ZOPICLONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLADDER CARCINOMA; BONE METASTASIS; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER PAIN; CASE REPORT; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DROWSINESS; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HALLUCINATION; HUMAN; MALE; MYOCLONUS SEIZURE; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACETIC ACIDS; ADULT; AMINES; ANALGESICS; CYCLOHEXANECARBOXYLIC ACIDS; FEMALE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCLONUS; PAIN;

EID: 0344668695     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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