[Ziconotide: an innovative alternative for intense chronic neuropathic pain.]

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J C Valia-Vera,V L Villanueva,J M Asensio-Samper,M D Lopez-Alarcon,J A de Andres,J C ,V L Villanueva,J M Asensio-Samper,M D ,J A ,J C Valía-Vera,V L Villanueva,J M Asensio-Samper,M D López-Alarcón,J A de Andrés,

INTRODUCTION. Intense chronic pain is a very important health problem, as it has a high prevalence (5-10%), a multifactorial aetiology and its management is very often a very complex affair. Treatment of severe cases sometimes requires interventional approaches, such as continuous intrathecal infusion of opioids. CASE REPORT. We report the case of a 38-year-old female with intense neuropathic pain in the lower back and the lower limbs secondary to three operations on the L5-S1 lumbar segment. After implementing several different pharmacological regimes involving both oral and implanted systems (spinal cord stimulation and subarachnoid infusion pump with different pharmacological combinations) with no clinical improvement, intrathecal infusion with ziconotide was included in the protocol. CONCLUSIONS. Ziconotide is the first specific neuronal blocker that acts on the calcium channel by blocking the N-type voltage-dependent calcium channels. It is a new non-opioid analgesic with approved indication in the treatment of intense chronic pain, in patients who require intrathecal analgesics and are refractory to other analgesic treatments. Therefore, we shall have to consider this drug as a therapeutic alternative in patients do not experience sufficient relief with the pharmacological agents and means currently available to treat them.

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JC Valia-Vera,VL Villanueva,JM Asensio-Samper,MD Lopez-Alarcon,JA de Andres,JC ,VL Villanueva,JM Asensio-Samper,MD ,JA ,JC Valía-Vera,VL Villanueva,JM Asensio-Samper,MD López-Alarcón,JA de Andrés,

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PUBLICATION TYPE: Journal Article

Journal: Revista de neurologia

VOLUME: 45

Page Numbers: 665-9

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ISSN: 0210-0010

DAY: 30

MONTH: 11

YEAR: 2007

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