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Anticonvulsants were initially developed to treat seizure disorders; however, they have been used with reasonable efficacy to treat neuropathic pain and in some cases fibromyalgia.
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Chow, R.M., Issa, M. (2017). Anticonvulsants. In: Yong, R., Nguyen, M., Nelson, E., Urman, R. (eds) Pain Medicine. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-43133-8_47
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