Gabapentin’s effects on hot flashes and hypothermia
- 13 June 2000
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Neurology
- Vol. 54 (11) , 2161-2163
- https://doi.org/10.1212/wnl.54.11.2161
Abstract
The author describes six cases in which gabapentin treatment reduced the frequency of hot flashes. In addition, gabapentin treatment enhanced the frequency of hypothermic episodes in a separate patient with known hypothalamic dysfunction. Gabapentin may act directly upon temperature regulatory centers.Keywords
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