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Pregalbin, an antiepileptic drug, produced around a 32% pain reduction (a significant reduction) at week 16 versus around 20% for placebo, in patients with neuropathic pain due to spinal cord injury.

Cardenas, Diana D, Edward C Nieshoff, Kota Suda, Shin-ichi Goto, Luis Sanin, Takehiko Kaneko, Jonathan Sporn, Bruce Parsons, Matt Soulsby, Ruoyong Yang, Ed Whalen, Joseph M Scavone, Makota M Suzuki, and Lloyd E Knapp. A Randomized Trial of Pregabalin in Patients with Neuropathic Pain due to Spinal Cord Injury. Neurology. 2013; 80(6): 533-9. http://www.neurology.org/content/early/2013/01/23/WNL.0b013e318281546b.abstract

Reference

Title
A Randomized Trial of Pregabalin in Patients with Neuropathic Pain due to Spinal Cord Injury
Publication
Neurology
Publication Date
2013
Authors
Cardenas, Diana D, Edward C Nieshoff, Kota Suda, Shin-ichi Goto, Luis Sanin, Takehiko Kaneko, Jonathan Sporn, Bruce Parsons, Matt Soulsby, Ruoyong Yang, Ed Whalen, Joseph M Scavone, Makota M Suzuki, and Lloyd E Knapp
Volume & Issue
Volume 80, Issue 6
Pages
533-9
URL
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