Promising Results In Reducing Neuropathic Pain With Combined Dru...

Courtesy Medical News Today  Wed, 09/30/2009 - 01:00

An article published Online First and in a future edition of The Lancet reports that combination treatment using gabapentin and nortriptyline reduces neuropathic pain more than either drug alone.

This treatment could be used in patients that only partly respond to one drug or the other. The article is the work of Professor Ian Gilron, Director of Clinical Pain Research, Queen's University, and Kingston General Hospital, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, and colleagues.

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