Peripheral Neuropathy : Drugs
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Amitriptyline is a medication used to treat various forms of depression, pain associated with the nerves (neuropathic pain), and to prevent migraine headaches. It is sold in the United States under the brand names Elavil and Endep.
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Amitriptyline is a medication used to treat various forms of depression , pain associated with the nerves (neuropathic pain), and to prevent migraine headaches. It is sold in the United States under the brand name Elavil.
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Tricyclic antidepressant (TCA).
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Amitriptyline is in a group of drugs called tricyclic antidepressants. Amitriptyline affects
chemicals in the brain that may become unbalanced.
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Carbamazepine is in a group of drugs called anticonvulsants. It works by decreasing
nerve impulses that cause seizures and pain.
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Carbamazepine (Tegretol, Carbatrol) may be administered to cancer patients as a pain medicine. Purpose Carbamazepine is given to cancer patients primarily as a pain medication.
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Anticonvulsant, specific analgesic for trigeminal neuralgia; structually related to tricylic antidepressants.
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Carbamazepine is an anticonvulsant that is structurally related to tricyclic antidepressants such as amitriptyline and imipramine . In the United States, carbamazepine is sold under the trade names Tegretol and Carbatrol.
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Carbamazepine is an antiepileptic drug used to reduce or suppress seizures . The medication is also commonly prescribed to relieve certain neurogenic pain such as trigeminal neuralgia .
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Phenytoin is an anti-epileptic drug, also called an anticonvulsant. It works by slowing
down impulses in the brain that cause seizures.
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Duloxetine is an antidepressant in a group of drugs called selective serotonin and
norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors (SSNRIs). Duloxetine affects chemicals in the brain that may
become unbalanced and cause depression.
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Antidepressant; a selective serotonin- and norepinephrine-reuptake inhibitor (SNRI).
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Anticonvulsant; structurally related to the inhibitory CNS neurotransmitter GABA.
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Gabapentin is indicated to be used in combination with other anti-seizure (anticonvulsant) drugs for the management of partial seizure types. Gabapentin should not be used alone for the treatment of seizures unless the patient cannot tolerate other anticonvulsant drugs.
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Gabapentin is a prescription drug that was initially approved to help manage epilepsy . The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has also approved gabapentin for treatment of the nerve pain that sometimes accompanies herpes infections.
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Pregabalin is an anti-epileptic drug, also called an anticonvulsant. It works by slowing
down impulses in the brain that cause seizures. Pregabalin also affects chemicals in the brain
that send pain signals across the nervous system.
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Gabapentin is an anti-epileptic medication, also called an anticonvulsant. It affects
chemicals and nerves in the body that are involved in the cause of seizures and some types of
pain.
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Tricyclic antidepressant (TCA); active metabolite of amitriptyline.
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Nortriptyline is a tricyclic antidepressant. It is sold in the United States under the brand names Aventyl and Pamelor, and is also available under its generic name.
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Nortriptyline is in a group of drugs called tricyclic antidepressants. Nortriptyline affects
chemicals in the brain that may become unbalanced.
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Phenytoin is an anticonvulsant, a drug that acts to prevent seizures. In the United States, phenytoin is sold under the brand name Dilantin.
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Phenytoin is a hydantoin-derivative anticonvulsant.
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Anticonvulsant; structurally related to the inhibitory CNS neurotransmitter GABA; also possesses analgesic activity.
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