Effects of Nicotine on Spinal Cord Injury Pain: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo Controlled Crossover Trial | Zendy

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Effects of Nicotine on Spinal Cord Injury Pain: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo Controlled Crossover Trial

Author(s) -

Elizabeth J. Richardson,

J. Scott Richards,

Christopher C. Stewart,

Timothy J. Ness

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

topics in spinal cord injury rehabilitation

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.597

H-Index - 35

eISSN - 1945-5763

pISSN - 1082-0744

DOI - 10.1310/sci1802-101

Subject(s) - medicine , nicotine , neuropathic pain , placebo , crossover study , anesthesia , spinal cord injury , randomized controlled trial , smoking cessation , chronic pain , exacerbation , physical therapy , spinal cord , psychiatry , alternative medicine , pathology

One factor affecting spinal cord injury (SCI)-related pain may be nicotine. Case reports have described a worsening of neuropathic pain from smoking and relief from abstinence. Neurobiological correlates also implicate the potential effect of nicotine on SCI-related pain.

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