Chorea as a Side Effect of Gabapentin (Neurontin®) in a Patient with Complex Regional Pain Syndrome Type 1

  • Theresa A. Zesiewicz
  • , W. Reed Shimberg
  • , Robert A. Hauser
  • , Wendy Robinson
  • , Maria Carmen Wilson
  • , Kelly L. Sullivan

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Abstract

We report the case of a woman who developed chorea in her neck, trunk, and extremities soon after taking gabapentin as treatment for complex regional pain syndrome Type 1. The chorea lasted for a year and resolved completely within 2 weeks of discontinuing gabapentin.
Original languageAmerican English
JournalClinical Rheumatology
Volume27
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 2008

Disciplines

  • Public Health
  • Epidemiology

Keywords

  • Chorea
  • Complex regional pain syndrome
  • Gabapentin
  • Reflex sympathetic dystrophy

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