PMID: 7580659Oct 21, 1995Paper

Anticonvulsant drugs for management of pain: a systematic review

BMJ : British Medical Journal
H J McQuayA Moore

Abstract

To determine effectiveness and adverse effects of anticonvulsant drugs in management of pain. Systematic review of randomised controlled trials of anticonvulsants for acute, chronic, or cancer pain identified by using Medline, by hand searching, by searching reference lists, and by contacting investigators. Between 1966 and February 1994, 37 reports were found; 20 reports, of four anticonvulsants, were eligible. Numbers needed to treat were calculated for effectiveness, adverse effects, and drug related withdrawal from study. The only placebo controlled study in acute pain found no analgesic effect of sodium valproate. For treating trigeminal neuralgia, carbamazepine had a combined number needed to treat of 2.6 for effectiveness, 3.4 for adverse effects, and 24 for severe effects (withdrawal from study). For treating diabetic neuropathy, anticonvulsants had a combined number needed to treat of 2.5 for effectiveness, 3.1 for adverse effects, and 20 for severe effects. For migraine prophylaxis, anticonvulsants had a combined number needed to treat of 1.6 for effectiveness, 2.4 for adverse effects, and 39 for severe effects. Phenytoin had no effect on the irritable bowel syndrome, and carbamazepine had little effect on pain after ...Continue Reading

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