Antiepileptic drugs for neuropathic pain and fibromyalgia - an overview of Cochrane reviews.

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BACKGROUND: Antiepileptic drugs have been used for treating different types of neuropathic pain, and sometimes fibromyalgia. Our understanding of quality standards in chronic pain trials has improved to include new sources of potential bias. Individual Cochrane reviews using these new standards have assessed individual antiepileptic drugs. An early review from this group, originally published in 1998, was titled 'Anticonvulsants for acute and chronic pain'. This overview now covers the neurop...

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Authors: Wiffen, P; Derry, S; Moore, R; Aldington, D; Cole, P

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: Cochrane database of systematic reviews
• Volume: 11
• Issue: 11
• Pages: CD010567
• Publication date: 2013-01-01
• DOI: 10.1002/14651858.cd010567.pub2
• EISSN: 1469-493X
• ISSN: 1469-493X
• Language: English
• Keywords: Intention to Treat Analysis; Fibromyalgia; Patient Dropouts; gamma-Aminobutyric Acid; Neuralgia; Humans; Anticonvulsants; Review Literature as Topic; Pain Measurement; Cyclohexanecarboxylic Acids; Amines