Terminating Migraine-Associated Allodynia Using Oral Suspension Diclofenac: A Prospective Non-Randomized Drug Trial.
Terminating Migraine-Associated Allodynia Using Oral Suspension Diclofenac: A Prospective Non-Randomized Drug Trial.
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作者:
Buettner,Catherine;Melo-Carrillo,Agustin;Burstein,Rami
Triptan-resistant migraine attacks are typically associated with cephalic allodynia that begin hours before time of treatment. 1, 2 Such attacks appear to be compounded by sensitization of second-order spinal trigeminovascular neurons1, 3, 4 lacking the 5HT1d receptors5 and consequently the ability to become a direct target for triptan action. 6 In adults, the development and maintenance of cutaneous allodynia is thought to involve the functionally distinct early and late phases. 7 Whereas in the early phase (also called the developmental phase), the activity of the sensitize trigeminovascular neurons tend to depend on the incoming nociceptive signals, in the late phase (also called the established phase), their activity becomes independent of the incoming nociceptive signals. 8 Because triptans’ main site of action in the dorsal horn is presynaptic, they are well-positioned to interfere with the transmission of nociceptive signals from the peripheral to the central trigeminovascular neurons. 6 This allows triptans to be highly effective in reversing allodynia and sensitization as long as the excitability of the central trigeminovascular neurons remains driven by incoming signals from the meninges, but not after they have developed autonomous activity.Editor’s comment This letter to the editor was originally submitted as a research submission. As it is an open-label unregistered trial it would violate journal policy to accept it in that form. I am publishing this as a letter to the editor due to the level ofinterest it generated among reviewers and in the hopes that a future double-blind placebo-controlled registered study will follow. Thomas N. Ward MDs