Valproic acid for pain? Really?

here you go: http://www.cancer.org/docroot/CDG/co...proic_acid.asp

i found this when i googled your question: http://www.cancer.org/docroot/CDG/co...proic_acid.asp

I've heard of it. It falls into the same category as using Neurontin for pain...it's used as an adjunct to all the other meds and treatments, and is especially useful for nerve pain.

Yes, I heard oif this and even given for Pain.If you want pain management
explained with the Biochemical changes in the brain and why Anti-Convulsants work for pain see. Dr Gutman MD in Orlando FL Web page on pain. He i explains this in Pain management.

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_De...w_does_it_work

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Valproic acid is used for treatment of both migraine and neuropathy. The 6th edition (2002) of the book Pain Management: A Practical Guide for Clinicians by Richard Weiner, pg. 185, classifies valproic acid as a membrane stabilizing agent and states that its mechanism of action involves "blockage of frequency and voltage-dependent sodium channels on damaged or regenerating neuronal membranes." The book is available to read via the Internet as a limited preview.

For more information, google "valproic acid pain management." Hope this helps a bit!

Valproic acid (theoretically) increases the level of GABA in the brain. Since GABA is an inhibitory neurotransmitter it may decrease pain signals in the central nervous system.

http://www.biopsychiatry.com/gaba/pain.html

dont know for sure about valproiic acid, but I know that gabapentin is an anti seizure med used for pain control...maybe it's the same mechanism...