Post burn pruritus - A review of current treatment options

Burns

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 621-629

  Zachariah, Jewel Raj ^a   Rao, Aravind Lakshmana ^b   Prabha, Ratna ^a   Gupta, Ashish Kumar ^a   Paul, M Kingsly ^a   Lamba, Shashank ^a  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b Belgaum Medical College   (India)

Author keywords

Gabapentin; Literature review; Post burn pruritus; Pruritus pathway

Indexed keywords

ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; CETIRIZINE; CHLORPHENIRAMINE; CIMETIDINE; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; DOXEPIN; GABAPENTIN; HISTAMINE; HISTAMINE RECEPTOR; HYDROXYZINE; NALTREXONE; ONDANSETRON; PAROXETINE; PREGABALIN;

BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BURN; CHOLESTASIS; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; DYSKINESIA; EPILEPSY; FATIGUE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; HYPERKINESIA; HYPERSENSITIVITY REACTION; MENTAL INSTABILITY; MONOTHERAPY; NAUSEA; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NOCICEPTION; PANCYTOPENIA; POST BURN PRURITUS; PRURITUS; REVIEW; SEDATION; SIDE EFFECT; SOMNOLENCE; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION; VOMITING; WOUND HEALING;

AMINES; ANALGESICS; BURNS; CYCLOHEXANECARBOXYLIC ACIDS; EMOLLIENTS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HISTAMINE ANTAGONISTS; HUMANS; NERVE FIBERS, UNMYELINATED; PRURITUS;

EID: 84861614898     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: 18791409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2011.12.003     Document Type: Review

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