Gabapentin-induced neurologic toxicities

Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 25, Issue 12 I, 2005, Pages 1817-1819

  Bookwalter, Thomas ^a   Gitlin, Matthew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adverse effects; Asterixis; Gabapentin; Myoclonus; Neurologic toxicity; Neurontin; Renal failure

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ACICLOVIR; CARVEDILOL; FUROSEMIDE; GABAPENTIN; RAMIPRIL;

AGED; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DRUG ACCUMULATION; DRUG SAFETY; FLAPPING TREMOR; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; MALE; MUSCLE SPASM; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYOCLONUS; NEUROTOXICITY; POSTHERPETIC NEURALGIA; RISK FACTOR;

AGED; AMINES; ANALGESICS; CYCLOHEXANECARBOXYLIC ACIDS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HUMANS; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; NEURALGIA, POSTHERPETIC; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY, ACUTE;

EID: 29044448095     PISSN: 02770008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1592/phco.2005.25.12.1817     Document Type: Article

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