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Effect of gabapentin pretreatment on myoclonus after etomidate: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study

Rev. bras. anestesiol; 66 (4), 2016
Abstract Aim: To evaluate the effects of three different doses of gabapentin pretreatment on the incidence and severity of myoclonic movements linked to etomidate injection. Method: One hundered patients, between 18 and 60 years of age and risk category American Society of Anesthesiologists I-II, with ...

Effect of preoperative gabapentin on pain intensity and development of chronic pain after carpal tunnel syndrome surgical treatment in women: randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study

Säo Paulo med. j; 134 (4), 2016
ABSTRACT CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVES: Effective postoperative analgesia is important for reducing the incidence of chronic pain. This study evaluated the effect of preoperative gabapentin on postoperative analgesia and the incidence of chronic pain among patients undergoing carpal tunnel syndrome surgical t...

Treatment of patients with painful blind eye using stellate ganglion block

Rev. bras. anestesiol; 66 (1), 2016
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: management of pain in painful blind eyes is still a challenge. Corticosteroids and hypotensive agents, as well as evisceration and enucleation, are some of the strategies employed so far that are not always effective and, depending on the strategy, cause a deep emotional shock ...

Effect of carbamazepine and gabapentin on excitability in the trigeminal subnucleus caudalis of neonatal rats using a voltage-sensitive dye imaging technique

Biol. Res; 48 (), 2015
BACKGROUND: The antiepileptic drugs carbamazepine and gabapentin are effective in treating neuropathic pain and trigeminal neuralgia. In the present study, to analyze the effects of carbamazepine and gabapentin on neuronal excitation in the spinal trigeminal subnucleus caudalis (Sp5c) in the medulla oblo...

Amitriptilina para el tratamiento de la neuropatía diabética periférica dolorosa
Amitriptyline for the treatment of painful peripheral diabetic neuropathy

VozAndes; 23 (1), 2012
La prevalencia de neuropatía periférica dolorosa en pacientes diabéticos es de aproximadamente 16%. Esta condición clínica afecta de manera importante la calidad de vida de los pacientes. Además, se conoce que la adherencia de los pacientes es menor para fármacos que alivian el dolor, en relación...