A new study by Monash University medicine safety experts found the use of gabapentinoids—medicines widely used to treat ...

A new study by medicine safety experts found the use of gabapentinoids -- medicines widely used to treat neuropathic pain -- increased the risk of hip fractures, especially in older patients who were ...

When pain signals are passed along the nervous system, proteins called calcium channels play a key role. Researchers at ...

A new study from Monash University in Australia has found that gabapentinoids—commonly used drugs for treating neuropathic ...

Neuropathic pain refers to pain caused by damage or disease to the nervous system.Neuropathic pain differs in pattern from ...

But when your peripheral nerves-those found outside of the brain and spinal cord-are damaged, it can cause pain and numbness ...

Often seen as a safer alternative to opioids for the treatment of neuropathic pain, gabapentinoid use ... are within the ten most subsidised medications by volume in Australia.

When pain signals are passed along the nervous system, proteins called calcium channels play a key role. Researchers at ...

Direct comparative studies are needed of the safety and efficacy of drugs used to treat neuropathic pain.