title: Gabapentin therapy for painful, blind glaucomatous eye: case report.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Gabapentin is an antiepileptic used for neuropathic pain treatment. Glaucoma can be conceptualized an optic neuropathy associated with characteristic structural damage to the optic nerve and associated visual dysfunction.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To use gabapentin to relieve discomfort in a painful, blind glaucomatous eye of a patient unwilling to undergo further invasive treatment.
  
  
  METHODS
  Patient rated his pregabapentin and postgabapentin pain by a verbal descriptor scale and a numerical scale.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Gabapentin provided significant pain relief (on a 0-10 scale, reduction from "8" to "0-2") at regular visits over 6 months.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Gabapentin may relieve pain in a painful, blind, glaucomatous eye.
authors: Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Clinic, Hellenic Red Cross, Henry Dunant General Hospital, Athens, Greece. ckavalie@yahoo.co.uk
authors: Christos-Stavros
authors: CS
authors: Kavalieratos
authors: Triantafillia
authors: T
authors: Dimou
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000588:Amines / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000700:Analgesics / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001766:Blindness / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D003509:Cyclohexanecarboxylic Acids / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000077206:Gabapentin; D005901:Glaucoma / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010146:Pain / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology; D010147:Pain Measurement; D005680:gamma-Aminobutyric Acid / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: D000588:Amines; D000700:Analgesics; D003509:Cyclohexanecarboxylic Acids; D005680:gamma-Aminobutyric Acid; D000077206:Gabapentin