Pharmacology

Combination Therapy for Neuropathic Pain

More effective and better tolerated monotherapies for neuropathic pain are “much anticipated,” say researchers from University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada and Queen’s University and Kingston General Hospital, both in Kingston, Canada. In the meantime, findings from their study of 56 patients suggest that combining the drugs gabapentin and nortriptyline is more effective than using either drug alone.


 

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