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ArticleCureus2022

Intrathecal Administration of Ziconotide as a Potential Treatment for Chronic Migraines.

Ryan Holden, Gaurav Chauhan, Trent Emerick

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Article in Cureus, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
4citing papers in PubMed
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 32% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ryan HoldenAnesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, USA.
Gaurav ChauhanAnesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Presbyterian, Pittsburgh, USA.
Trent EmerickPain Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, USA.
UPMC Presbyterian · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Migraine is one of the most prevalent and debilitating illnesses globally. There are multitudes of treatment options available for migraines. One of the emerging treatment options for migraine, refractory to conventional treatment modalities, is the intrathecal Ziconotide. Ziconotide (Prialt, Jazz Pharmaceuticals, Dublin, Ireland) enforces selective block of N-type calcium channels, which control neurotransmission at many synapses. Ziconotide is proposed to have efficacy for chronic neuropathic pain, with a favorable lack of tolerance and chemical dependency. Few studies in the literature report the successful resolution of migraine headaches with Ziconotide. The authors report the successful use of intrathecal Ziconotide therapy for chronic refractory migraines.

Indexed as

chronic pain managementintrathecal pump therapymigrainesneuropathic pain treatmentziconotide

Identifiers

PMID35505713
PMCPMC9056654
OpenAlexW4220965929

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Registered trials

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