[Naloxone and essential trigeminal neuralgia]

Riv Neurol. 1983 Jul-Aug;53(4):257-64.
[Article in Italian]

Abstract

From the correlation between pain and morphin-like peptides there comes the suggestion of an etiopathogenetic relation between essential trigeminal neuralgia and endorphins. The clinical and pharmacological observation utilizing Naloxone, a morphin-like substances antagonist, and the transcoutaneous electrotherapy there seem to exclude that this etiopathogenetic relation there can be.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Carbamazepine / therapeutic use
  • Endorphins / physiology*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Naloxone*
  • Transcutaneous Electric Nerve Stimulation
  • Trigeminal Neuralgia / drug therapy
  • Trigeminal Neuralgia / physiopathology*

Substances

  • Endorphins
  • Carbamazepine
  • Naloxone