Methods for treatment of disease-induced peripheral neuropathy and related conditions

摘要

A method of treating disease-induced peripheral neuropathy comprises administering to a patient with disease-induced peripheral neuropathy an effective quantity of a purine derivative or analogue, a tetrahydroindolone derivative or analogue, or a pyrimidine derivative or analogue. If the compound is a purine derivative, the purine moiety can be guanine or hypoxanthine. The compound can induce peripheral nerve sprouting through the action of a neurotrophic factor such as nerve growth factor (NGF) without the occurrence of hyperalgesia. The peripheral nerve sprouting can be nociceptive nerve sprouting. The disease-induced peripheral neuropathy can be diabetic neuropathy or disease-induced peripheral neuropathy with another basis.