Resumen

E TORREALBA, F  y  P GARCIA, M. Síndrome cognitivo doloroso: Descripción clínica y experiencia de tratamiento con Gabapentin. AVFT [online]. 2001, vol.20, n.2, pp.123-127. ISSN 0798-0264.

To demonstrate that like-pain behaviour in demented patient is a cognitive disorder following dysfunction in cerebral mechanisms of pain regulation and therefore treatable with a neuromodulator. Background: although various syndromes of cerebral processing of information about pain following to brain lesions in specific areas has been described, studies in demented patients has just been focused on both tolerance and threshold. However, there are several like-pain behaviors in some demented patients, specially in late stages that have not been reported previously. Methods: A transversal descriptive study of a clinical series is shown. 14 out of 27 patients from a geriatric center which fulfilled both DSM-IV and NINCDS-ADRDA dementia criteria and 6 out of these 14 which showed like-pain behaviours, without any noxious stimulus and one caregiver in charge of all these patients. A Facial Pain Scale (FPS) was asked to both patient and caregiver before and after treatment with Gabapentin. Results: scores in FPS showed various perceptive patterns for pain and fell down in patients treated with Gabapentin. Conclusion: Like-pain behaviours in demented patients fitted into a cognitive pattern and Gabapentin was effective in release them.

Palabras clave : Dementia; Alzheimer; Cognitive disorder; Pain; Gabapentin.