| Literature DB >> 20871149 |
Eric Lapeyre1, Jan B M Kuks, Willem J Meijler.
Abstract
Though in the last few decades only a few new drugs have come available for the treatment of spasticity, new insights may revise the role and individual value of several pharmacological treatments. Diazepam, baclofen and tizanidine are the most prescribed drugs for the treatment of spasticity. Intrathecal baclofen and local infiltration of botulin toxin are added values in selective patients. Gabapentin is a novelty, and the working mechanism of cannabis has been elucidated. Dantrolene sodium appears to owe its selectivity from the recently discovered ryanodine receptor, with a peripheral effect in muscles. In this review the pathophysiology and epidemiology of spasticity, pharmacology, clinical efficacy and unwanted effects of the different drugs for spasticity are updated.Entities:
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Year: 2010 PMID: 20871149 DOI: 10.3233/NRE-2010-0596
Source DB: PubMed Journal: NeuroRehabilitation ISSN: 1053-8135 Impact factor: 2.138