Anticonvulsants for Cancer Pain
How It Works
Anticonvulsants control Reference cancer pain Opens New Window by changing the way sodium and calcium travel across the surface of nerve cells in the brain. The nerve cells send fewer signals, and the brain senses less pain.
| By: | Reference Healthwise Staff | Last Revised: October 31, 2011 |
| Medical Review: | Reference E. Gregory Thompson, MD - Internal Medicine
Reference Michael Seth Rabin, MD - Medical Oncology |
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