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Contemporary management of pain in cirrhosis: Toward precision therapy for pain
Hepatology, EarlyView., 2022 Abstract Chronic pain is highly prevalent in patients with cirrhosis and is associated with poor health‐related quality of life and poor functional status. However, there is limited guidance on appropriate pain management in this population, and pharmacologic treatment can be harmful, leading to adverse outcomes, such as gastrointestinal bleeding ...
Alexis Holman +4 more
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Efficacy of gabapentinoids for acute herpes zoster in preventing postherpetic neuralgia: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials [PDF]
, 2022 Gabapentinoids (e.g., gabapentin and pregabalin) have been established as a treatment for postherpetic neuralgia (PHN), but their effects on the prevention of PHN are unclear.
Halim, Paulus Anthony +2 more
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Gabapentinoids: The rise of a new misuse epidemics?
, 2021 Gabapentinoids and opioids have in common that they are used in medicine in the treatment of pain, and by addicts in recreational use. In recent years, in the context of the "opioid epidemics", gabapentinoids, which had a reputation for low risk of abuse,
Hofmann, Michel +3 more
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Dr. Sulaiman Al Habib Medical Journal, 2020 Community pharmacists are the most accessible healthcare professionals. Recently, the increasing trend of tramadol and gabapentinoids prescription has become a global problem, with a high risk of misuse and abuse. This study mainly assessed the knowledge
Farah Tarhini +7 more
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PLoS Medicine, 2022 Background Gabapentinoids are increasingly prescribed to manage chronic noncancer pain (CNCP) in older adults. When used concurrently with opioids, gabapentinoids may potentiate central nervous system (CNS) depression and increase the risks for fall.
Cheng Chen +4 more
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Journal of Oral Medicine and Oral Surgery, 2020 Introduction: Gabapentinoids, pregabalin and gabapentin, neuronal voltage-gated calcium channel inhibitors are first-line treatments for painful neuropathic conditions (and several non-neuropathic painful conditions).
Sulukdjian Arek +3 more
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Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2020 Background: Over the past 15 years, comparative assessments of psychoactive substance harms to both users and others have been compiled by addiction experts.
Udo Bonnet +25 more
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A critical appraisal of gabapentinoids for pain in cancer patients. [PDF]
, 2018 Gabapentinoids are frequently used in the management of cancer pain. In recent Cochrane systematic reviews, although there was an abundance of evidence relating to non-cancer pain, only a few studies related to cancer pain.
Bennett, MI +5 more
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A Systematic Review of the Clinical Use of Gabapentin and Pregabalin in Bipolar Disorder
Pharmaceuticals, 2021 Despite its prevalence and disease burden, several chasms still exist with regard to the pharmacotherapy of bipolar disorder (BD). Polypharmacy is commonly encountered as a significant proportion of patients remain symptomatic, and the management of the ...
Qin Xiang Ng +5 more
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Comparison of Oral Labetolol and Oral Pregabalin in Attenuating Pressor Response to Endotracheal Intubation in Patients undergoing Mastoidectomy under General Anaesthesia- A Randomised Control Study [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2022 Introduction: Direct laryngoscopy and tracheal intubation provoke stress response side-effects in the form of hypertension, tachycardia, and dysrhythmia which are long-standing concerns for anaesthetists. Various drugs and techniques have been tried over
Ambar Khan +7 more
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