title: Treatment of diabetic neuropathy with pentoxifylline: case report.
abstract: Diabetic neuropathy includes a heterogenous group of neuropathic syndromes associated with diabetes mellitus. One form of diabetic neuropathy is distal symmetric polyneuropathy, which is characterized at a late stage by intractable pain. This pain is generally refractory to present modalities of therapy except for narcotics. Pentoxifylline offers a new approach to therapy, reducing the blood viscosity and improving perfusion of ischemic microcirculation. A case report will be presented of intractable painful peripheral neuropathy responding dramatically to pentoxifylline therapy.
authors: UCLA Medical Center.
authors: R B
authors: RB
authors: Kalmansohn
authors: R W
authors: RW
authors: Kalmansohn
authors: C H
authors: CH
authors: Markham
authors: D L
authors: DL
authors: Schiff
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003929:Diabetic Neuropathies / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010148:Intractable Pain / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology; D010431:Pentoxifylline / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D013805:Theobromine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives*
chemical_list: D013805:Theobromine; D010431:Pentoxifylline