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Verne GN, Himes NC, Robinson ME, Gopinath KS, Briggs RW, Crosson B, Price DD: Central representation of visceral and cutaneous hypersensitivity in the irritable bowel syndrome. Xu H, Wu LJ, Wang H, Zhang X, Vadakkan KI, Kim SS, Steenland HW, Zhuo M: Presynaptic and postsynaptic amplifications of neuropathic pain in the anterior cingulate cortex. Liauw J, Wu LJ, Zhuo M: Calcium-stimulated adenylyl cyclases required for long-term potentiation in the anterior cingulate cortex. Vadakkan KI, Wang H, Ko SW, Zastepa E, Petrovic MJ, Sluka KA, Zhuo M: Genetic reduction of chronic muscle pain in mice lacking calcium/calmodulin-stimulated adenylyl cyclases.
Bupropion, trade name Wellbutrin, was originally released as an antidepressant drug. Afterwards, it was also found to have positive effects as a smoking cessation aid. By 1997, the FDA approved bupropion (under the brand name Zyban) for helping people quit smoking. Chemically classified under aminoketones, this drug serves as a Norepinephrine and Dopamine Reuptake Inhibitor (NDRI) in the brain. It is effective for treatment of seasonal affective disorder and major depression problems.
Previous work showed that intracolonic treatment with zymosan could produce a model of chronic colon hypersensitivity involving a transient low-level inflammation 40 , 41 , 47 Thus, zymosan is capable of producing visceral hypersensitivity in rodents. Zymosan induced visceral pain is a suitable model to study potential mechanisms underlying visceral hypersensitivity, including human IBS, because of its lack of associated colon pathology. In the present study, typical chronic visceral pain behaviors, such as licking of the abdomen in the absence of other grooming behavior, whole-body stretching, flattening the abdomen against the floor and contracting the abdominal wall, were observed in zymosan-treated mice, in agreement with prior studies.
There are blogs and forums that mention the importance of magnesium in Gabapentin withdrawal but the information is confusing and inaccurate. Medical sites even say to not take magnesium within two hours of Gabapentin. As far as I can make out they are talking about the laxative forms of magnesium that can cause diarrhea and deplete your drugs. Some say to wait until you are entirely off Gabapentin before taking magnesium because the two will compete. That does not make any sense. Magnesium is like food to the body and you need a lot of it even when you are healthy and when you are sick, you need more. Read my blog When Magnesium Makes Me Worse to learn why you might feel worse when taking magnesium but it's not magnesium's fault.
This review is an update of a review published in 2011, itself a major update of previous reviews published in 2005 and 2000, investigating the effects of gabapentin in chronic neuropathic pain (pain due to nerve damage). Antiepileptic drugs are used to manage chronic neuropathic pain and fibromyalgia. Randomised, double- blind studies reporting the analgesic and adverse effects of gabapentin in neuropathic pain or fibromyalgia with assessment of pain intensity, pain relief, or both, using validated scales. Participants were adults.
Verne GN, Himes NC, Robinson ME, Gopinath KS, Briggs RW, Crosson B, Price DD: Central representation of visceral and cutaneous hypersensitivity in the irritable bowel syndrome. Xu H, Wu LJ, Wang H, Zhang X, Vadakkan KI, Kim SS, Steenland HW, Zhuo M: Presynaptic and postsynaptic amplifications of neuropathic pain in the anterior cingulate cortex. Liauw J, Wu LJ, Zhuo M: Calcium-stimulated adenylyl cyclases required for long-term potentiation in the anterior cingulate cortex. Vadakkan KI, Wang H, Ko SW, Zastepa E, Petrovic MJ, Sluka KA, Zhuo M: Genetic reduction of chronic muscle pain in mice lacking calcium/calmodulin-stimulated adenylyl cyclases.
Bupropion, trade name Wellbutrin, was originally released as an antidepressant drug. Afterwards, it was also found to have positive effects as a smoking cessation aid. By 1997, the FDA approved bupropion (under the brand name Zyban) for helping people quit smoking. Chemically classified under aminoketones, this drug serves as a Norepinephrine and Dopamine Reuptake Inhibitor (NDRI) in the brain. It is effective for treatment of seasonal affective disorder and major depression problems.
Previous work showed that intracolonic treatment with zymosan could produce a model of chronic colon hypersensitivity involving a transient low-level inflammation 40 , 41 , 47 Thus, zymosan is capable of producing visceral hypersensitivity in rodents. Zymosan induced visceral pain is a suitable model to study potential mechanisms underlying visceral hypersensitivity, including human IBS, because of its lack of associated colon pathology. In the present study, typical chronic visceral pain behaviors, such as licking of the abdomen in the absence of other grooming behavior, whole-body stretching, flattening the abdomen against the floor and contracting the abdominal wall, were observed in zymosan-treated mice, in agreement with prior studies.
There are blogs and forums that mention the importance of magnesium in Gabapentin withdrawal but the information is confusing and inaccurate. Medical sites even say to not take magnesium within two hours of Gabapentin. As far as I can make out they are talking about the laxative forms of magnesium that can cause diarrhea and deplete your drugs. Some say to wait until you are entirely off Gabapentin before taking magnesium because the two will compete. That does not make any sense. Magnesium is like food to the body and you need a lot of it even when you are healthy and when you are sick, you need more. Read my blog When Magnesium Makes Me Worse to learn why you might feel worse when taking magnesium but it's not magnesium's fault.
This review is an update of a review published in 2011, itself a major update of previous reviews published in 2005 and 2000, investigating the effects of gabapentin in chronic neuropathic pain (pain due to nerve damage). Antiepileptic drugs are used to manage chronic neuropathic pain and fibromyalgia. Randomised, double- blind studies reporting the analgesic and adverse effects of gabapentin in neuropathic pain or fibromyalgia with assessment of pain intensity, pain relief, or both, using validated scales. Participants were adults.
