Gabapentin induces edema, hyperesthesia and scaling in a depressed patient; a diagnostic challenge
| Autor: | Seyyed Mohammad Mahdy Mirhosseini, Reza Bidaki, Alireza Haghshenas, Ali Sadeghi, Behrang Khalili, Zahra Sadeghi, Safiye Shafizadegan |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Gabapentin medicine.medical_treatment gabapentin Analgesic lcsh:Medicine Case Report 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Edema medicine 030212 general & internal medicine side-effect lcsh:QH301-705.5 Depression (differential diagnoses) business.industry scaling lcsh:R Hyperesthesia Panic General Medicine Anticonvulsant lcsh:Biology (General) Anesthesia medicine.symptom hyperesthesia business 030217 neurology & neurosurgery medicine.drug |
| Zdroj: | Advanced Biomedical Research, Vol 5, Iss 1, Pp 1-1 (2016) Advanced Biomedical Research |
| ISSN: | 2277-9175 |
| Popis: | Gabapentin is a common drug used as analgesic and anticonvulsant and also is prescribed for insomnia, depression, obsessive – compulsive disorder and panic attack. We report a case of a 48-year-old man who is prescribed gabapentin because of insomnia, headache, and depressed mood. In the first period of using the drug no complication has been seen. However in the next period, side-effects such as hyperesthesia, scaling and severe localized edema has been observed. After several laboratory tests and imaging, no reason was found for his edema. And after discontinuing gabapentin the pain and edema was quite relieved. We found out the brand of the drug has been switched in the second stage. The point which makes our study special is the incidence of side-effects such as severe edema, scaling and hyperesthesia for the first time because of using gabapentin and changing the drug combination. |
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