| abstract |
The present invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising phenytoin or phenytoin sodium for local pain relief. Said use of said pharmaceutical composition of the present invention reduces peripheral neuropathic pain. According to the present invention, said topical pharmaceutical composition of the present invention comprising phenytoin or phenytoin sodium surprisingly significantly reduces peripheral neuropathic pain, particularly and preferably in patients characterized by low to moderate peripheral neuropathic inflammation In disorders such as small fiber neuropathy, diabetic neuropathy, chronic idiopathic axonal polyneuropathy, postherpetic neuralgia, trigeminal neuralgia, chemotherapy-induced polyneuropathy, traumatic neuropathy, compressive nerve Infectious neuropathy in lesions and remission. |