title: Flupirtine: Clinical pharmacology.
abstract: Flupirtine is neither an opioid nor a non steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) producing its analgesic action through blockade of glutamate N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor. It is devoid of adverse effects of routinely used analgesic drugs, but is equally efficacious in reducing pain sensation. It has a distinctive mechanism of action, exerting a dual therapeutic effect with both analgesic and muscle relaxant properties that has utility in the treatment of pain, including that associated with muscle tension.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, Sri Devaraj Urs Medical College, Tamaka, Kolar, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Harish
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Bhuvana
authors.forename: Girish M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Bengalorkar
authors.forename: Tn
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kumar