The Korean Journal of Pain

The Korean Pain Society (대한통증학회)
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Experience with Gabapentin for Neuropathic Pain -Case report-

신경병증성 통증 환자에서 Gabapentin 사용의 임상경험 -증례 보고-

  • Lim, Kyung-Joon (Department of Anesthesiology, Chosun University College of Medicine) ;
  • Chung, Yong-Hun (Department of Anesthesiology, Chosun University College of Medicine) ;
  • Cho, Nam-Su (Department of Emergency Medicine Chosun University College of Medicine)
  • 임경준 (조선대학교 의과대학 마취과학교실) ;
  • 정용훈 (조선대학교 의과대학 마취과학교실) ;
  • 조남수 (조선대학교 의과대학 응급의학교실)
  • Published : 1999.11.30
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Abstract

Gabapentin is an oral antiepileptic agent with an unknown mechanism of action. There have been many proposed uses for gabapentin, including neuropathic pain, reflex sympathetic dystrophy, postherpetic neuralgia, midscapular pain secondary to radiation myelopathy and migraine prophylaxis. This report presents patients who were treated with gabapentin when other pharmacologic interventions failed to relieve neuropathic pain 3 patients with neuropathic pain were included among these cases. All patients were started on 200 mg gabapentin. The maximum dose required for pain relief was between 800 mg and 2400 mg. Gabapentin may be a useful adjunct for treating neuropathic pain with minimum of side effects.

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