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Gabapentin in acute painful diabetic neuropathy
Author(s) -
PortaEtessam J.,
GarcíaMorales I.,
MartínezSalio A.,
Berbel A.,
BenitoLeón J.
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
european journal of neurology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.881
H-Index - 124
eISSN - 1468-1331
pISSN - 1351-5101
DOI - 10.1046/j.1468-1331.2000.00079.x
Subject(s) - medicine , gabapentin , diabetic neuropathy , diabetes mellitus , asymptomatic , neuropathic pain , anesthesia , peripheral neuropathy , anorexia , surgery , endocrinology , alternative medicine , pathology
Sir, Acute painful diabetic neuropathy (APDN) is an uncommon syndrome originally recognized by Ellenberg (1974) and termed ‘diabetic neuropathic cachexia’. It has been described in diabetic patients and also in females with diabetes and anorexia nervosa (Steele et al ., 1987). Its clinical features consist in an unremitting burning pain in the lower limbs, which is more troublesome at night (Thomas and Griffin, 1995). We present the case of a woman with APDN who improved and became asymptomatic with low doses of gabapentin.