Holistic approach to treatment of intractable central neuropathic itch

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 955-959

  Curtis, Ashley R ^a   Tegeler, Charles ^a   Burdette, Jonathan ^a   Yosipovitch, Gil ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST BAPTIST HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

central neuropathic itch; generalized pruritus; holistic medicine; neuropathic itch; pruritus treatment

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BUTORPHANOL; CAPSAICIN; CARBAMAZEPINE; CROTAMITON; DOXEPIN; EMLA; GABAPENTIN; HYDROXYZINE; LIDOCAINE; MENTHOL; MEXILETINE; MIRTAZAPINE; NALOXONE; NALTREXONE; PAROXETINE; PRAMOCAINE; PREGABALIN; THALIDOMIDE;

ADULT; AMNESIA; APPETITE; ARTICLE; BLOOD DYSCRASIA; BLURRED VISION; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN EDEMA; BURNING SENSATION; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NEUROPATHIC ITCH; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFUSION; CONSTIPATION; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CRANIECTOMY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DIZZINESS; DRUG DOSE ESCALATION; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EVENING DOSAGE; FACE ERYTHEMA; FRONTAL CORTEX; HEADACHE; HEALING TOUCH; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; IMPOTENCE; INSOMNIA; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; LIVER TOXICITY; MALE; NAUSEA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PERIPHERAL EDEMA; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PERIPHERAL VISION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SEDATION; SEIZURE; SIDE EFFECT; SKIN IRRITATION; SLEEP DISORDER; STEVENS JOHNSON SYNDROME; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; TERATOGENICITY; THALAMUS; TOUCH; TOXIC EPIDERMAL NECROLYSIS; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; URINE RETENTION; VISUAL DISORDER; WEIGHT GAIN; XEROSTOMIA;

EID: 79954762271     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2010.02.023     Document Type: Review

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