STUDY SHOWS PREGABALIN EFFECTIVE IN DIFFICULT-TO-TREAT NERVE PAIN.(Clinical report)

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SYDNEY, Nov. 28 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ --

Results Offer Hope to Patients with Excruciating Chronic Pain

Findings from a new study published today in the journal Neurology demonstrate that the oral medication pregabalin is significantly effective in relieving central neuropathic (nerve) pain and improves pain-related sleep disturbance and anxiety in patients with spinal cord injury. Conducted by researchers at the Pain Management Research Institute in Sydney, the study is the largest controlled clinical trial ever of patients with spinal cord injury who suffer from central neuropathic pain, a particularly persistent and severe pain condition.

Results from the study showed that patients using pregabalin (150-600 mg/day) experienced significant improvements in symptoms as early as the first week of treatment and those improvements were sustained throughout the study. Patients taking pregabalin experienced a significant reduction in the average intensity of their pain and significant improvements in pain-related sleep interference as well as a reduction in anxiety compared to those taking placebo.

"Historically it has been extremely difficult to manage patients with central neuropathic pain due to a lack of effective treatments and many people with spinal cord injury have excruciating pain," said...

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