Pain Research and Management (Jan 2003)

Methadone in the Treatment of Neuropathic Pain

Bruno Gagnon,
Abdulaziz Almahrezi,
Gil Schreier

Affiliations

Bruno Gagnon: Department of Oncology, Division of Palliative Care, McGill University Heath Centre, Canada
Abdulaziz Almahrezi: MGH Pain Centre, McGill University, Montreal General Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Gil Schreier: Pain and Palliative Care Service, Department of Neurology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2003/236718
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 8, no. 3
pp. 149 – 154

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Methadone, being an N-Methyl-D-Aspartate receptor antagonist, may have a potential role in the treatment of neuropathic pain.

Published in Pain Research and Management

ISSN: 1203-6765 (Print); 1918-1523 (Online)
Publisher: Hindawi Limited
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Medicine (General)
Website: https://www.hindawi.com/journals/prm/

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