Relief of nocturnal neuropathic pain with the use of cannabis in a patient with Fabry disease
Neuropathic pain is one of the most invalidating symptoms in patients with Fabry disease (FD), affecting their quality of life, it is linked to small fiber neuropathy and it may not respond to available disease specific treatments. We report the case of a 32 years old man with classic FD and severe...
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| description | Neuropathic pain is one of the most invalidating symptoms in patients with Fabry disease (FD), affecting their quality of life, it is linked to small fiber neuropathy and it may not respond to available disease specific treatments. We report the case of a 32 years old man with classic FD and severe neuropathic pain who, after the failure of several standard pharmaceutical approaches, was treated with medical cannabis with relief of nocturnal pain and sleep improvement. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e9df6b507bdf4f1ab743794121ca926e2023-11-22T04:47:29ZengElsevierMolecular Genetics and Metabolism Reports2214-42692023-12-0137101010Relief of nocturnal neuropathic pain with the use of cannabis in a patient with Fabry diseaseMartina Bon0Andrea Dardis1Maurizio Scarpa2Annalisa Sechi3Regional Coordinating Center for Rare Diseases, University Hospital of Udine, Udine, ItalyRegional Coordinating Center for Rare Diseases, University Hospital of Udine, Udine, ItalyRegional Coordinating Center for Rare Diseases, University Hospital of Udine, Udine, ItalyCorresponding author.; Regional Coordinating Center for Rare Diseases, University Hospital of Udine, Udine, ItalyNeuropathic pain is one of the most invalidating symptoms in patients with Fabry disease (FD), affecting their quality of life, it is linked to small fiber neuropathy and it may not respond to available disease specific treatments. We report the case of a 32 years old man with classic FD and severe neuropathic pain who, after the failure of several standard pharmaceutical approaches, was treated with medical cannabis with relief of nocturnal pain and sleep improvement.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214426923000563Fabry diseaseMedical CannabisSmall fiber neuropathyNeuropathic painPain treatment |
| spellingShingle | Martina Bon Andrea Dardis Maurizio Scarpa Annalisa Sechi Relief of nocturnal neuropathic pain with the use of cannabis in a patient with Fabry disease Molecular Genetics and Metabolism Reports Fabry disease Medical Cannabis Small fiber neuropathy Neuropathic pain Pain treatment |
| title | Relief of nocturnal neuropathic pain with the use of cannabis in a patient with Fabry disease |
| title_full | Relief of nocturnal neuropathic pain with the use of cannabis in a patient with Fabry disease |
| title_fullStr | Relief of nocturnal neuropathic pain with the use of cannabis in a patient with Fabry disease |
| title_full_unstemmed | Relief of nocturnal neuropathic pain with the use of cannabis in a patient with Fabry disease |
| title_short | Relief of nocturnal neuropathic pain with the use of cannabis in a patient with Fabry disease |
| title_sort | relief of nocturnal neuropathic pain with the use of cannabis in a patient with fabry disease |
| topic | Fabry disease Medical Cannabis Small fiber neuropathy Neuropathic pain Pain treatment |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214426923000563 |
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