Efficacy of Electroconvulsive Therapy for Neuropathic Pain Comorbid with Major Depression

We report a case of a 41-year-old male with postinjury neuropathic pain comorbid with major depression in which electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) was effective in relieving both neuropathic pain and major depression. A total of 12 sessions of bilateral ECT were performed using a Thymatron® (Somatics L...

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Autores principales: Ueda, Masashi, Konishi, Yuki, Sakurai, Kohei, Ikenouchi, Atsuko, Yoshimura, Reiji
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2020
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7733709/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33354377
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/8818553
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author Ueda, Masashi
Konishi, Yuki
Sakurai, Kohei
Ikenouchi, Atsuko
Yoshimura, Reiji
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description We report a case of a 41-year-old male with postinjury neuropathic pain comorbid with major depression in which electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) was effective in relieving both neuropathic pain and major depression. A total of 12 sessions of bilateral ECT were performed using a Thymatron® (Somatics LLC; Lake Bluff, IL). After ECT, the patient was subsequently maintained on paroxetine, eszopiclone (2 mg/day), and alprazolam. There was no relapse for at least one year after the last ECT. This case indicates that ECT might be an alternative treatment for major depression associated with chronic neuropathic pain after traumatic injury.
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spelling pubmed-77337092020-12-21 Efficacy of Electroconvulsive Therapy for Neuropathic Pain Comorbid with Major Depression Ueda, Masashi Konishi, Yuki Sakurai, Kohei Ikenouchi, Atsuko Yoshimura, Reiji Case Rep Psychiatry Case Report We report a case of a 41-year-old male with postinjury neuropathic pain comorbid with major depression in which electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) was effective in relieving both neuropathic pain and major depression. A total of 12 sessions of bilateral ECT were performed using a Thymatron® (Somatics LLC; Lake Bluff, IL). After ECT, the patient was subsequently maintained on paroxetine, eszopiclone (2 mg/day), and alprazolam. There was no relapse for at least one year after the last ECT. This case indicates that ECT might be an alternative treatment for major depression associated with chronic neuropathic pain after traumatic injury. Hindawi 2020-12-05 /pmc/articles/PMC7733709/ /pubmed/33354377 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/8818553 Text en Copyright © 2020 Masashi Ueda et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Efficacy of Electroconvulsive Therapy for Neuropathic Pain Comorbid with Major Depression
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title_fullStr Efficacy of Electroconvulsive Therapy for Neuropathic Pain Comorbid with Major Depression
title_full_unstemmed Efficacy of Electroconvulsive Therapy for Neuropathic Pain Comorbid with Major Depression
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title_sort efficacy of electroconvulsive therapy for neuropathic pain comorbid with major depression
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7733709/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/8818553
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