Pregabalin for acute and chronic pain in adults.

Journal article

BACKGROUND: Antiepileptic drugs have been used in pain management since the 1960s. Pregabalin is a recently developed antiepileptic drug also used in management of chronic neuropathic pain conditions. OBJECTIVES: To assess analgesic efficacy and associated adverse events of pregabalin in acute and chronic pain. SEARCH STRATEGY: We searched MEDLINE, EMBASE, and CENTRAL to May 2009 for randomised controlled trials (RCTs). Additional studies were identified from the reference lists of retrieved ...

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Authors: Moore, R; Straube, S; Wiffen, P; Derry, S; McQuay, H

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: Cochrane database of systematic reviews
• Issue: 3
• Pages: CD007076
• Publication date: 2009-01-01
• DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD007076.pub2
• EISSN: 1469-493X
• ISSN: 1469-493X
• Language: English
• Keywords: Adult; Analgesics; Pain; Neuralgia, Postherpetic; Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; Fibromyalgia; Chronic Disease; Diabetic Neuropathies; gamma-Aminobutyric Acid; Acute Disease; Humans