Open AccessBotulinum Toxin A Relieved Neuropathic Pain in a Case of Post‐Herpetic Neuralgia
Author(s) -
Liu HsuTang,
Tsai ShenKou,
Kao MingChang,
Hu Jenkin S.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
pain medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.893
H-Index - 97
eISSN - 1526-4637
pISSN - 1526-2375
DOI - 10.1111/j.1526-4637.2006.00100.x
Subject(s) - medicine , neuropathic pain , cervical dystonia , neuralgia , refractory (planetary science) , anesthesia , botulinum toxin , dystonia , migraine , surgery , physics , psychiatry , astrobiology
Botulinum toxin type A (BTX‐A ® ) has been widely used in many clinical disorders including migraine, cervical dystonia, etc. The use of BTX‐A in neuropathic pain, however, is uncommon, and the application of the anti‐nociceptive effect of botulinum toxin is emerging. Here we report a case of an 80‐year‐old man who suffered from severe pain of post‐herpetic neuralgia which was refractory to the usual therapies. However, this neuropathic pain was dramatically relieved by multiple BTX‐A injection and the pain relief lasted 52 days.