Mellick Contributions

Hit Counter

A HERITAGE OF SOCIAL CONTRIBUTIONS
Jack Mellick


Jack and Uncle Woodie	Service to God for 22 Years Wellington, Ohio

Mansfield Ohio Radio Show	New Minister & Family Caesarea Little Washington & Mansfield, OH 1951

Wilma Mellick
	Grandmother to Jason 1980 \| Mural by David Mellick

Wilma with Twins Gary & Larry	Wedding Day for Jack and Wilma Mellick
One day a year after my mother passed away, I asked God to show me that she was safe and content. This was the only dandelion within 50 feet...
A Solitary Dandelion Memorial	Wilma Tapes her Memoirs for Posterity

David C. Mellick, PhD as President of Greenville College Student Body - A Life Cut Short By Illness At 39 Years of Age. He was an Artist and Philosopher. Much of His Art is Not Available to Display on This Site, But His Legacy Persists in Many Other Ways

Mural Painted on Wall of Wellington, Ohio Parsonage by David Mellick

David Mellick Painting "The House on Gull Island"

David Mellick Painted The Return, a mural about parable of the Shepherd who searched for his lost lamb. He painted murals upon request in homes around the state of Ohio. At the Ohio State Fair, he was awarded 1st prize in the amateur division.

As a student in 1969, David Mellick traveled to behind the Iron Curtain on a fact finding tour.

JAMES MELLICK'S NUMEROUS CONTRIBUTIONS

James Daniel is the most prolific member of our family. His creations are clearly those of an artistic genius. His art touches the mind, body, and soul and may be as therapeutic as anybody's medicine. His work will be remembered when the rest of this generation is long forgotten.

Professor Larry Mellick, MS, MD

Dr. Larry Mellick doing an injection at MCG

Treatment of Orofacial Pain with Lower Cervical Bupivacaine Injections

Acad Emerg Med Volume 12, Number 5_suppl_1 157, © 2005
Society for Academic Emergency Medicine

Larry B. Mellick, Gary A. Mellick and Armin Oskouei
Results: A total of 108 of 113 patients (95.6%)reported pain reduction in response to the procedure.

Lower Cervical Injection

Anesthetic jab treats headache in the ER Fri Nov 24, 2006 6:19 PM GMT
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - For patients suffering severe headaches who present to the emergency department, the painkiller bupivacaine injected into the muscles at the base of the neck provides safe and effective headache relief.

Gary A. Mellick, BS, DO

The First Gabapentin Pain Poster in 1995

Neurontin was first introduced as an anticonvulsant in 1994. It had been researched for 10 years but its pain relieving qualities was not recognized until Dr. Mellick prescribed gabapentin for the very first time on Friday May 20, 1994. Gabapentin was not a particularly strong anticonvulsant and was not expected to gross more than $500,000 annually. What ensued was an amazing saga that is ongoing. It began with a $20,000 dollar bonus to the drug representative for the best first year sales in any United States territory to a new paradigm of pain therapy and a multibillion dollar industry and an entirely new direction for neuropathic pain research field has successfully launched neuropathic pain therapeutics such as Lyrica (pregabalin) and others.

The Discovery That Gabapentin is Useful For the Treatment of Restless Legs Syndrome

Mellick GA, Mellick LB. Restless Legs Syndrome: Successful Treatment with Gabapentin Platform & Poster Presentation: Annual APSS (Sleep Societies) meeting June 4, 1995 Nashville, TN.Platform presentation by G. Mellick

Mellick GA, Mellick LB. Successful Treatment of Restless Leg Syndrome with Gabapentin (Neurontin) Neurology. 1995;45(suppl.4):285-286. American Academy of Neurology Annual Meeting. May 1995 Platform presentation by G. Mellick.

Mellick GA, Mellick LB. Successful treatment of restless legs syndrome with gabapentin (Neurontin). Sleep Research 24:290 (1995)

Mellick GA, Mellick LB. Management of Restless Legs Syndrome with Gabapentin (Neurontin) Sleep 19;3:224-226 9(1996)

Mellick GA, Mellick LB. Cluster headache management with methylphenidate (Ritalin), Headache. 1998;38:710-712.
Discovery of use of Ritalin for Cluster Headache

First Hemifacial Spasm Patient Treated with Felbatol

Felbatol (felbamate) was a new anti-seizure drug that Dr. Gary Mellick found was very effective in the treatment of hemifacial spasm. This patient achieved almost complete facial spasm relief while on Felbatol.

Discovery that Felbamate Treats Neuropathic Pain

In addition to other treatment options, the patient was offered methylphenidate therapy because of the first author's prior successful experience using methylphenidate for the management of pain of sympathetic origin in other patients. The patient had immediate pain relief and increased range of motion in the knee. Her pain was reduced to 2/10 on a 10/10 visual analogue scale. She continued to have relief and asked to return to work the following week. Long term relief persisted. Complex Regional Pain Syndrome Type I of the knee treated with (Ritalin^®)
By Gary A. Mellick, D.O., D.A.A.P.M.

Mellick GA, Seng M. Use of Gabapentin in the Treatment of Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy and a Phobic Disorder, American Journal of Pain Management, 5:12-14 (1995)

First Use of Gabapentin For Anxiety

The First Use of Gabapentin for an Anxiety Disorder

The Headache Injection - Devine Inspiration

We Made The World A Better Place By Our Lives, Beliefs, Discoveries, Creations, And Social Contributions


	David C. Mellick, PhD as President of Greenville College Student Body - A Life Cut Short By Illness At 39 Years of Age. He was an Artist and Philosopher. Much of His Art is Not Available to Display on This Site, But His Legacy Persists in Many Other Ways
Mural Painted on Wall of Wellington, Ohio Parsonage by David Mellick

David Mellick Painting "The House on Gull Island"



David Mellick Painted The Return, a mural about parable of the Shepherd who searched for his lost lamb. He painted murals upon request in homes around the state of Ohio. At the Ohio State Fair, he was awarded 1st prize in the amateur division.

As a student in 1969, David Mellick traveled to behind the Iron Curtain on a fact finding tour.


	JAMES MELLICK'S NUMEROUS CONTRIBUTIONS


James Daniel is the most prolific member of our family. His creations are clearly those of an artistic genius. His art touches the mind, body, and soul and may be as therapeutic as anybody's medicine. His work will be remembered when the rest of this generation is long forgotten.


	Gary A. Mellick, BS, DO
The First Gabapentin Pain Poster in 1995	Neurontin was first introduced as an anticonvulsant in 1994. It had been researched for 10 years but its pain relieving qualities was not recognized until Dr. Mellick prescribed gabapentin for the very first time on Friday May 20, 1994. Gabapentin was not a particularly strong anticonvulsant and was not expected to gross more than $500,000 annually. What ensued was an amazing saga that is ongoing. It began with a $20,000 dollar bonus to the drug representative for the best first year sales in any United States territory to a new paradigm of pain therapy and a multibillion dollar industry and an entirely new direction for neuropathic pain research field has successfully launched neuropathic pain therapeutics such as Lyrica (pregabalin) and others.



The Discovery That Gabapentin is Useful For the Treatment of Restless Legs Syndrome	Mellick GA, Mellick LB. Restless Legs Syndrome: Successful Treatment with Gabapentin Platform & Poster Presentation: Annual APSS (Sleep Societies) meeting June 4, 1995 Nashville, TN.Platform presentation by G. Mellick Mellick GA, Mellick LB. Successful Treatment of Restless Leg Syndrome with Gabapentin (Neurontin) Neurology. 1995;45(suppl.4):285-286. American Academy of Neurology Annual Meeting. May 1995 Platform presentation by G. Mellick. Mellick GA, Mellick LB. Successful treatment of restless legs syndrome with gabapentin (Neurontin). Sleep Research 24:290 (1995) Mellick GA, Mellick LB. Management of Restless Legs Syndrome with Gabapentin (Neurontin) Sleep 19;3:224-226 9(1996)



*Mellick GA, Mellick LB. Cluster headache management with methylphenidate (Ritalin), Headache. 1998;38:710-712.* Discovery of use of Ritalin for Cluster Headache
First Hemifacial Spasm Patient Treated with Felbatol	Felbatol (felbamate) was a new anti-seizure drug that Dr. Gary Mellick found was very effective in the treatment of hemifacial spasm. This patient achieved almost complete facial spasm relief while on Felbatol.
Discovery that Felbamate Treats Neuropathic Pain
In addition to other treatment options, the patient was offered methylphenidate therapy because of the first author's prior successful experience using methylphenidate for the management of pain of sympathetic origin in other patients. The patient had immediate pain relief and increased range of motion in the knee. Her pain was reduced to 2/10 on a 10/10 visual analogue scale. She continued to have relief and asked to return to work the following week. Long term relief persisted.	Complex Regional Pain Syndrome Type I of the knee treated with (Ritalin^®) By Gary A. Mellick, D.O., D.A.A.P.M.
Mellick GA, Seng M. Use of Gabapentin in the Treatment of Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy and a Phobic Disorder, American Journal of Pain Management, 5:12-14 (1995)	First Use of Gabapentin For Anxiety
The First Use of Gabapentin for an Anxiety Disorder

The Headache Injection - Devine Inspiration


We Made The World A Better Place By Our Lives, Beliefs, Discoveries, Creations, And Social Contributions