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Researchers discover treatment for spinal cord injury pain

Spinal cord injury patients with moderate to severe nerve pain experienced less pain and in some cases no pain while taking the drug pregabalin, according to a study published in the Nov. 28, 2006, issue of Neurology, the scientific journal of the American Academy of Neurology.

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