Anticholinesterase drugs in the treatment of chronic pain.

Pain ·Vol. 20 ·No. 2 ·1984-10-00 ·Pages 201-206

Schott GD, Loh L

Abstract

Two patients with severe thalamic pain and one patient with causalgia from the shoulder-hand syndrome are described whose pain was markedly improved or abolished by anticholinesterase drugs. Both short-acting parenteral and oral anticholinesterase preparations were employed. Anticholinesterase drugs are a new and potentially valuable approach to the treatment of chronic pain.

MeSH Terms

Arm Cholinesterase Inhibitors/therapeutic use Chronic Disease Humans Leg Male Middle Aged Neostigmine/therapeutic use Pain/drug therapy Physostigmine/therapeutic use Propantheline/therapeutic use Pyridostigmine Bromide/therapeutic use Shoulder Syndrome

Chemicals

Cholinesterase Inhibitors Propantheline Neostigmine Physostigmine Pyridostigmine Bromide

Authors & Affiliations

2 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID

Schott G D

The National Hospitals for Nervous Diseases, Queen Square, London WC1N 3BG Great Britain.

Loh L

Article Info

Journal

Pain

Abbr.

Pain

ISSN

0304-3959

DOI

10.1016/0304-3959(84)90101-5

Published

1984-10-00

Pages

201-206

Language

English

Region

United States

NLM ID

7508686

Subset

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PubMed source DOI: 10.1016/0304-3959(84)90101-5 View journal details

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