At one of the other boards I frequent, this drug was mentioned for an anti-anxiety treatment, but when I googled for more information, it sounded as if it's true intent was for peripheral neuropathy issues. Do any of you know about or use this? Julie

I'll look this up for you when I return. This computer is just too slow for it, and blocks alot of sites.

Maybe Monday.

tho not human: http://www.pnas.org/content/105/51/20505.full.pdf+html
Web it up if this doesn't work?
It seems to be a 'gaba; type drug? Such as neurontin or lyrica.... Web up the drug name + 'prescribing information' and look at all the side effects - go from there? - j

Hmmm could be another option for many

Very interesting, I wonder if it also has some modulating effects on neuropathic pain. Would be interesting to see some clinical trials re. the nerve regrowth- PN recovery angle.

It appears that this drug is not approved yet in the US.

Here is a recent paper about it from PubMed:
from http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1...ubmed_RVDocSum

I will add that GABA receptor drugs have all been problematic so far. Either they cause dependency or don't work well, or lower the seizure threshold over time, so discontinuance is very problematic.

I recall the reports from Europe on memantine (Namenda). They were glowing for PN too, and finally when that drug appeared in US it really didn't work. So we'll have to wait and see. There is another drug called reboxetine from France --it is an SSRI type that was touted to rebuild the brain cells. But the FDA here refused to approve it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reboxetine

So it is hard to say how effective this drug will turn out to be at this time. All we can do is watch its progress.