Prospective, Cross Over Gabapentin vs Amitriptyline Study on Patients Suffering From Masticatory Muscle Pain
Status:
Unknown status
Trial end date:
2017-01-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
The purpose of the study is comparing two drugs efficacy for the treatment of pain originates
from masticatory muscles. The two drugs are - Amitriptlyne (amitriptyline) and Gabapentin
(gabapentin), both of them are common use in for the treatment of chronic pain Methods -
patient that is diagnosed as suffering from myofacial pain, will receive one of the
medications above (Gabapentin or amitriptyline) for one month only, after which he will be
invited to pain clinic for control. Two weeks after that, the patient will start taking the
other drug for 1 month and then invited again to the department for recall and continue
standard treatment . The patient can choose whether to continue medication with one of the
drugs or stop this medication treatment. Total duration of the experiment is two and a half
months.
Phase:
Phase 4
Details
Lead Sponsor:
Doron Aframian
Treatments:
Amitriptyline Amitriptyline, perphenazine drug combination Gabapentin gamma-Aminobutyric Acid