Targeted pharmacotherapy of evoked phenomena in neuropathic pain: A review of the current evidence

Pain Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 48-64

  Granot, Ron ^a   Day, Richard O ^a,b   Cohen, Milton L ^a   Murnion, Bridin ^a   Garrick, Raymond ^a  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Allodynia; Evoked Pain; Hyperalgesia; Neuropathic Pain

Indexed keywords

4,6 DICHLORO 3 (2 OXO 1 PHENYL 3 PYRROLIDINYLIDENEMETHYL) 1H INDOLE 2 CARBOXYLIC ACID; ADENOSINE; ALFENTANIL; AMANTADINE; AMITRIPTYLINE; AMOBARBITAL; CIZOLIRTINE; DESIPRAMINE; DEXTROMETHORPHAN; DRONABINOL; GABAPENTIN; GLYCINE RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; HYPERICUM PERFORATUM EXTRACT; IMIPRAMINE; KETAMINE; LAMOTRIGINE; LIDOCAINE; LORAZEPAM; MAGNESIUM CHLORIDE; MEMANTINE; MEPREDNISONE; MEXILETINE; MORPHINE; OXYCODONE; PLACEBO; PROPOFOL; SODIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; TRAMADOL; UNINDEXED DRUG; VENLAFAXINE;

ALLODYNIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROME; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG EFFICACY; EMBASE; HUMAN; HYPERALGESIA; ISCHIALGIA; LAMINECTOMY; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; NERVE COMPRESSION; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PHANTOM PAIN; POLYNEUROPATHY; POSTHERPETIC NEURALGIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTTRAUMATIC PAIN; RADICULOPATHY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ANALGESICS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; HUMANS; NEURALGIA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS;

EID: 33846349927     PISSN: 15262375     EISSN: 15264637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4637.2007.00156.x     Document Type: Review

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