Treatment of postherpetic neuralgia: Focus on pregabalin

Clinical Interventions in Aging

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 17-23

  Cappuzzo, Kimberly A ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Neuropathic pain; Postherpetic neuralgia; Pregabalin

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; DIAZEPAM; GABAPENTIN; GLITAZONE DERIVATIVE; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PARACETAMOL; PLACEBO; PREGABALIN; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

ABNORMAL THINKING; ATAXIA; BLURRED VISION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CREATININE CLEARANCE; DIARRHEA; DISEASE DURATION; DIZZINESS; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG DOSE ESCALATION; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG ELIMINATION; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; DRUG METABOLISM; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EUPHORIA; HUMAN; KIDNEY CLEARANCE; NAUSEA; PERIPHERAL EDEMA; POSTHERPETIC NEURALGIA; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SOMNOLENCE; WEIGHT GAIN; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; XEROSTOMIA;

AGED; ANALGESICS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HUMANS; NEURALGIA, POSTHERPETIC;

EID: 66249115621     PISSN: 11769092     EISSN: 11781998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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