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Gabapentin for refractory idiopathic trigeminal neuralgia.

Abstract
Trigeminal neuralgia is sudden, usually unilateral, severe, stabbing, brief recurrent pain in the distribution area of one or more of the branches of trigeminal nerve. Various pharmacological agents including carbamazepine, oxcarbazepine, phenytoin, lamotrigine, baclofen and clonazepam have been tried with variable success rate. Here a case of idiopathic trigeminal neuralgia is presented. The patient presented in the emergency room with severe pain in the distribution area of maxillary branch of trigeminal nerve, resistant to conventional pharmacotherapy, managed successfully with gabapentin without untoward side-effects.
AuthorsChandra Kant Pandey, Namita Singh, Prabhat Kumar Singh
JournalJournal of the Indian Medical Association (J Indian Med Assoc) Vol. 106 Issue 2 Pg. 124-5 (Feb 2008) ISSN: 0019-5847 [Print] India
PMID18705259 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)
Chemical References
  • Amines
  • Analgesics
  • Cyclohexanecarboxylic Acids
  • gamma-Aminobutyric Acid
  • Gabapentin
Topics
  • Amines (therapeutic use)
  • Analgesics (therapeutic use)
  • Cyclohexanecarboxylic Acids (therapeutic use)
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Gabapentin
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Pain Measurement
  • Trigeminal Neuralgia (drug therapy, physiopathology)
  • gamma-Aminobutyric Acid (therapeutic use)

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