Clinical Psychiatry News - Gabapentin may ease symptoms in patients with fibromyalgia.(Pain Medicine)(Brief article)(Clinical report)
WASHINGTON — Gabapentin brought greater relief of symptoms to patients with primary fibromyalgia than placebo in a randomized, double-blind trial, Dr. Lesley M. Arnold reported at the annual meeting of the American College of Rheumatology.
Gabapentin is known to be effective for neuropathic pain conditions, and growing evidence suggests fibromyalgia might share some of the same pathogenic mechanisms, said Dr. Arnold of the department of psychiatry at the University of Cincinnati.
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