Pharmacotherapy options for complex regional pain syndrome

Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 521-531

  Eisenberg, Elon ^a   Geller, Rimma ^b   Brill, Silviu ^c  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b Haifa Medical Center Rothschild   (Israel)

^c BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Central sensitization; Inflammation; Neuropathic pain; Reflex sympathetic dystrophy

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ALENDRONIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BRETYLIUM; BUPIVACAINE; CALCITONIN; CLODRONIC ACID; CODEINE; CORTICOSTEROID; DEXTROPROPOXYPHENE; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; GABAPENTIN; GRISEOFULVIN; GUANETHIDINE; KETAMINE; LIDOCAINE; MEMANTINE; PAMIDRONIC ACID; PARACETAMOL; PENTAMETHONIUM; PIROXICAM; PLACEBO; PREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE; RESERPINE; SALCATONIN;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROME; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DOSE RESPONSE; DROWSINESS; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HALLUCINATION; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LIVER FUNCTION; NAUSEA; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PATHOGENESIS; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; SEDATION; SIDE EFFECT; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ANALGESICS; COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROMES;

EID: 34248343458     PISSN: 14737175     EISSN: 17448360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/14737175.7.5.521     Document Type: Review

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