Table 1.
Demographic and baseline clinical data of the patients with neuropathic pain following spinal cord injury
| Age Range (Y) | Subject No./Gender | TFI 1 | Level and/Kind of Injury | Symptom Characteristics | Background Medications | Blood Electrolyte Concentration | |||
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| K+ | Na+ | Ca+2 | Mg+2 | ||||||
| 35 | Male | 4 | T6/MVA2 | Burning, shooting, pain needles, electric shock | Gabapentin, amitriptyline, zolpidem, venlafaxine | 3.53 | 137 | 8.4 | 1.82 |
| 33 | Male | 2 | C5/C6 | Burning, shooting, pin & needles, electric shock, coldness | Pregabalin, amitriptyline, zolpidem, venlafaxine, ketorolac | 4.51 | 137 | 10.5 | 2.05 |
| 34 | Male | 3 | L1/MVA | Burning, shooting | Gabapentin, amitriptyline | 3.6 | 136 | 8.9 | 2 |
| 32 | Male | 4 | T6/MVA | Burning, shooting, pin & needles, electric shock | Gabapentin, venlafaxine | 5 | 142 | 9 | 2.5 |
| 36 | Male | 6 | T12, L1, L2/Fall | Burning, coldness, pin & needles | Pregabalin, alprazolam, methadone | 3.7 | 143 | 9.6 | 2.1 |
| 40 | Male | 5 | T12/Fall | Pin & needles, electric shock | Gabapentin, amitriptyline | 4.1 | 134 | 10.1 | 2.2 |
| 43 | Male | 3 | T11, T12/Fall | Pin & needles, numbness, coldness | Gabapentin | 4.56 | 141.4 | 10.4 | 2 |
| 50 | Male | 5 | T11/MVA | Burning, shooting, pin & needles, electric shock | Alprazolam, gabapentin | 3.7 | 137 | 8.9 | 2.5 |
| 48 | Male | 3 | L1/MVA | Burning, shooting, electric shock | Celecoxib, gabapentin | 3.8 | 141 | 9.2 | 2.2 |
| 45 | Male | 10 | T12, L1/Fall | Burning, pin & needles | Gabapentin, baclofen, amitriptyline, methadone | 4.1 | 140 | 9.4 | 2.3 |
| 47 | Male | 6 | T12/Fall | Burning, shooting, electric shock | Gabapentin, baclofen | 4.02 | 140.5 | 9.2 | 2.6 |
TFI: Time From Injury; Time duration after traumatic spinal cord Injury in years; MVA: Motor Vehicle Accidents.