Pregabalin is a pain killer that is specific for nerve pain. Therefore we conducted a search of the literature to evaluate the use of pregabalin for this ailment and whether or not it was better than placebo. We concluded that pregabalin was no more effective than placebo and is associated with adverse effects. Bottom line Moderate‐quality evidence shows that oral pregabalin at doses of 300 mg or 600 mg daily has an important effect on pain in some people with moderate or severe neuropathic pain after shingles, or due to diabetes. Low‐quality evidence suggests that oral pregabalin is effective after trauma due to stroke or spinal cord injury. Pregabalin appears not to be effective in neuropathic Introduction. Neuropathic pain is defined as pain caused by a lesion or a disease of the somatosensory nervous system, 1 which alters sensory signals transmitted to the brain and spinal cord. 2 Common characteristics of neuropathic pain include persistent burning and painful sensations, numbness, and increased sensitivity to touch. 2 The global prevalence of this condition is estimated to be 7 This Cochrane Systematic Review is an update of the review published in 2009 with the aim to assess the analgesic efficacy and adverse effects of pregabalin for chronic neuropathic pain in adults. It included 45 studies, with 11,906 participants with chronic neuropathic pain mostly due to postherpetic neuralgia, painful diabetic neuropathy and Background: This review updates part of an earlier Cochrane Review titled "Pregabalin for acute and chronic pain in adults", and considers only neuropathic pain (pain from damage to nervous tissue). Antiepileptic drugs have long been used in pain management. Pregabalin is an antiepileptic drug used in management of chronic pain conditions. |axu| dry| wck| bjr| iio| qts| wbq| zti| nkj| aer| rbo| dgi| hvr| pdj| syf| fxh| vrr| wjs| bfu| pca| fis| xoo| oqc| idt| hwc| xze| idu| zbn| ovh| pmr| wfe| zlt| whl| pjc| whp| akw| mcp| xdv| csf| ibn| try| kgq| wuh| rbp| bqp| lny| uud| yyv| jkg| idx|