| CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY |
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| Year : 2012 | Volume
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| Issue : 2 | Page : 172-177 |
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Flupirtine : Clinical pharmacology
S Harish, K Bhuvana, Girish M Bengalorkar, TN Kumar
Department of Pharmacology, Sri Devaraj Urs Medical College, Tamaka, Kolar, Karnataka, India
Correspondence Address:
S Harish
Department of Pharmacology, Sri Devaraj Urs Medical College, Tamaka, Kolar - 563 101, Karnataka
India
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DOI: 10.4103/0970-9185.94833
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Flupirtine is neither an opioid nor a non steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) producing its analgesic action through blockade of glutamate N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor. It is devoid of adverse effects of routinely used analgesic drugs, but is equally efficacious in reducing pain sensation. It has a distinctive mechanism of action, exerting a dual therapeutic effect with both analgesic and muscle relaxant properties that has utility in the treatment of pain, including that associated with muscle tension. |
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