摘要 |
Disclosed is an analgesic agent for a non-inflammatory pain disease, whic h comprises a sialic acid or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof as a n active ingredient. The sialic acid which is an active ingredient for the a gent has an analgesic effect on a disease model animal of neurogenic pain wh ich is an non-inflammatory pain. Therefore, the analgesic agent is useful as a pharmaceutical agent for the treatment of an non-inflammatory pain diseas e such as an neurogenic pain disease, e.g., trigeminal neuralgia, postherpet ic neuralgia, entrapment neuropathy, complex regional pain syndrome, diabeti c neuropathy, traumatic neuropathy, phantom limb pain, central pain after sp inal cord injury or stroke, and neuropathy caused by pharmacotherapy or radi ation therapy, or the like.
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