Acute orofacial pain is associated with significant disability and has a detrimental impact on quality of life. Although various origins of the pain in trigeminal territory can be identified an odontogenic pathology is the most common cause of acute orofacial pain in patients. Due to complex pathophysiology drugs with multitarget action might provide beneficial effect in pain management. The aim of the present study was to experimentally examine the anti-nociceptive effects of tapentadol, an opioid agonist and a norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor (MOR/NRI), in our animal model of orofacial pain. We tested the effect of tapentadol at gradual doses of 1, 2 and 5 mg/kg during thermal and mechanical stimulation in the trigeminal area of adult rats. We observed that tapentadol exhibits antinociceptive effect at dosages of 2 mg/kg and 5 mg/kg and only in association with mechanical stimulation.
Chemoterapií indukovaná periferní polyneuropatie (CIPN) se vyskytuje až u 40 % pacientů, kteří podstupují chemoterapii na bázi taxanů či platinových derivátů. Následující klinická kazuistika poukazuje na možnost podání nízké dávky tapentadolu, spolu s dalšími koanalgetiky, za účelem úspěšného managementu CIPN, bez nutnosti změny dlouhodobně nastavené chronické léčby bolesti., Chemotherapy-induced peripheral polyneuropathy (CIPN) occurs in up to 40% patients undergoing taxane-based or platinum-derived chemotherapy. The present case report highlights the possibility of administering a low dose of tapentadol along with other coanalgesics for successful management of CIPN without a need to change a long-term adjustment of chronic pain management., and Luboš Holubec, Michal Deus, Jindřich Fínek