[Gabapentin treatment of glossopharyngeal neuralgia with cardiac syncope].
A 61-year-old man with glossopharyngeal neuralgia (GPN) associated with cardiac syncope was successfully treated with gabapentin. The treatment of GPN with the antiepileptics is discussed with focus on gabapentin, because of its few side effects in comparison with other anticonvulsants.
Carlsen
Lene Toftegaard
LT
Smerteklinikken, Amtssygehuset Roskilde. lene_toftegaard@dadlnet.dk
Andersen
Steen
S
D000085:Acetates / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D000588:Amines; D000927:Anticonvulsants / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D003509:Cyclohexanecarboxylic Acids; D000077206:Gabapentin; D020435:Glossopharyngeal Nerve Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013575:Syncope / Q000150:complications; D005680:gamma-Aminobutyric Acid
D000085:Acetates; D000588:Amines; D000927:Anticonvulsants; D003509:Cyclohexanecarboxylic Acids; D005680:gamma-Aminobutyric Acid; D000077206:Gabapentin
Gabapentinbehandling af glossopharyngeusneuralgi med kardial synkope.