Use of gabapentin to reduce chronic neuropathic pain in Fabry disease
- 1 June 2003
- journal article
- clinical trial
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Inherited Metabolic Disease
- Vol. 26 (4) , 413-414
- https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1025127723729
Abstract
The effect of the anticonvulsant gabapentin on neuropathic pain was studied in six male patients with Fabry disease, aged 15–45 years. After 4 weeks of treatment, pain, as measured using the Brief Pain Inventory, was decreased compared with baseline. Treatment was generally well tolerated. This study indicates that gabapentin should be considered as a treatment option for the neuropathic pain of Fabry disease.Keywords
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