Anticonvulsants and the relief of chronic pain: pregabalin and gabapentin as alpha(2)delta ligands at voltage-gated calcium channels.

ISSUE Anticonvulsants that act as ligands at alpha(2)delta subunits of voltage-gated calcium channels are proving to be novel treatments for chronic pain.

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