Treatments for postherpetic neuralgia - A systematic review of randomized controlled trials

Family Practice

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 84-91

  Volmink, Jimmy ^a   Lancaster, Tim ^a   Gray, Stephen ^a   Silagy, Chris ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Meta analysis; Postherpetic neuralgia; Randomized controlled trials; Systematic review; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; AMITRIPTYLINE; BENZYDAMINE; CAPSAICIN; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLOMIPRAMINE; DESIPRAMINE; LORAZEPAM; MAPROTILINE; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; VINCRISTINE;

ACUPUNCTURE; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; IONTOPHORESIS; POSTHERPETIC NEURALGIA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ANALGESICS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS, TRICYCLIC; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMANS; NEURALGIA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030001766     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/13.1.84     Document Type: Review

References (40)

1. Watson CPN. Postherpetic neuralgia. Neurol Clin 1989; 7: 231-248.
2. Hope-Simpson RE. Postherpetic neuralgia. J R Coll Gen Practit 1975: 25: 571-575.
3. Ragozzino MW, Melton J, III, Kurland LT, Chu CP, Perry HO. Population-based study of herpes zoster and its sequelae. Medicine 1982; 61: 310-316.
4. Demoragas JM, Kierland RR. The outcome of patients with herpes zoster. Arch Dermatol 1957; 75: 193-196.
5. Burgoon CF, Burgoon JS, Baldridge GD. The natural history of herpes zoster. JAMA 1957; 164: 256-269.
6. Watson CPN, Evans RJ. Postherpetic neuralgia: a review. Arch Neurol 1986; 43: 836-840.
7. Lancaster T, Silagy C, Gray S. The primary care management of acute herpes zoster - A systematic review of evidence from randomised controlled trials. Br J Gen Pract 1995; 45: 39-45.
8. Chalmers I, Enkin M, Keirse M. Effective care in pregnancy and childbirth. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1989.
9. Peto R. Why do we need systematic overviews of randomized trials? Stat Med 1987; 6: 233-240.
10. Yusuf S, Peto R, Lewis J, Collins R, and Sleight P. Beta blockade during and after myocardial infarction: an overview of the randomised trials. Prog Cardiovas Dis 1985; 27: 335-371.
11. Whitehead A, Whitehead J. A general parametric approach to the meta-analysis of randomised clinical trials. Stat Med 1991; 10: 1665-1677.
12. Berlin JA, Laird NM, Sacks HS, Chalmers TC. A comparison of statistical methods for combining event rates from clinical trials. Stat Med 1989; 8: 141-151.
13. Watson CP, Evans RJ, Reed K, Merskey H, Goldsmith L, Warsh J. Amitriptyline versus placebo in postherpetic neuralgia. Neurology 1982; 32: 671-673.
14. Max MB, Schafer SC, Culnane M, Smoller B, Dubner R, Gracely RH. Amitriptyline, but not lorazepam relieves postherpetic neuralgia. Neurology 1988; 38: 1427-1432.
15. Kishore-Kumar R, Max MB, Schafer SC, Gaughan AM, Smoller B, Gracely RH, Debner R. Desipiramine relieves postherpetic neuralgia. Clin Pharmacol Ther 1990; 47: 305-312.
16. Watson CPN, Chipman M, Reed K, Evans RJ, Birkett N. Amitriptyline versus maprotiline in postherpetic neuralgia: a randomised, double-blind, crossover trial. Pain 1992; 48: 29-36.
17. Gerson GR, Jones RB, Luscombe DK. Postgrad Med J 1977; 53 (suppl 4): 104-109.
18. Watson CPN, Evans RJ. A comparative trial of amitriptyline and zimelidine in postherpetic neuralgia. Pain 1985; 23: 387-394.
19. Surman OS, Flynn T, Schooley R, Baer L, Parker S, Hirsch MS, Davis LG. A double-blind, placebo-controlled study of oral acyclovir in postherpetic neuralgia. Psychosomatics 1990; 31: 287-292.
20. Bernstein JE, Korman NJ, Bickers Dr, Dahl MV, Millikan LE. Topical capsaicin treatment of chronic postherpetic neuralgia. J Am Acad Dermatol 1991; 21: 265-270.
21. Watson CPN, Tyler KL, Bickers DR, Millikan LE, Smith S, Coleman E. A randomised vehicle-controlled trial of topical capsaicin in the treatment of postherpetic neuralgia. Clin Therapeutics 1993; 15: 510-526.
22. McQuay HJ, Carroll D, Moxon A, Glynn CJ, Moore RA. Benzydamine cream for the treatment of post-herpetic neuralgia: minimum duration of treatment periods in a crossover trial. Pain 1990; 40: 131-135.
23. Layman PR, Argyras E, Glynn CJ. Iontophoresis of vincristine versus saline in post-herpetic neuralgia. A controlled trial. Pain 1986; 25: 165-170.
24. Lewith GT, Field J, Machin D. Acupuncture compared with placebo in postherpetic pain. Pain 1983; 17: 361-368.
25. Drake HF, Harries A, Gamester R, Justins DM. Topical capsaicin for the treatment of postherpetic neuralgia: A preliminary randomised double-blind study. (Unpublished.)
26. Halper JP, Mann JJ. Cardiovascular effects of antidepressant medications. Br J Psychiatry 1988; 153 (suppl 3): 87-98.
27. Woodforde JM, Dwyer B, McEwen BW, et al. Treatment of postherpetic neuralgia. Med J Aust 1965; 2: 869-873.
28. Basbaum AI, Fields HL. Endogenous pain control mechanisms: review and hypothesis. Ann Neurol 1978; 4: 451-462.
29. Max MB. Towards physiologically based treatment of patients with neuropathic pain. Pain 1990; 42: 131-133.
30. Max MB, Lynch SA, Muir J, Shoaf SE, Smoller B, Dubner R. Effects of desipramine, amitriptyline and flouxetine on pain in diabetic neuropathy. New Engl J Med 1992; 326: 1250-1256.
31. Watson CPN, Evans RJ, Watt VR, Birkett N. Postherpetic neuralgia: 208 cases. Pain 1988; 35: 289-298.
32. Bernstein JE. Capsaicin in dermatalogic disease. Semin Dermatol 1988; 17: 304-309.
33. Hokfelt T, Johansson O, Ljungdahl A, et al. Peptidergic neurones. Nature 1980; 284: 515-524.
34. Jessell TM. Neurotransmitters and CNS disease. Lancet 1982; 2: 1084-1088.
35. Fitzgerald M. Capsaicin and sensory neurons - review. Pain 1983; 15: 109-130.
36. Easterbrook PJ, Berlin JA, Gopalan R, Mathews DR. Publication bias in clinical research. Lancet 1991; 337: 867-872.
37. Jadad AR. Neuropathic pain. Paper presented at 7th World Congress on Pain, Paris, France 1993.
38. Antman EM, Lau J, Kupelnick B, Mosteller F, Chalmers TC. A comparison of results of meta-analyses of randomized control trials and recommendations of clinical experts. JAMA 1992; 268: 240-248.
39. ISIS-4 (Fourth International Study of Infarct Survival) Collaborative Group. ISIS-4: a randomised factorial trial assessing early oral captopril, oral mononitrate, and intravenous magnesium sulphate in 58050 patients with suspected acute myocardial infarction. Lancet 1995; 345: 669-685.
40. Egger M, Davey Smith G. Misleading meta-analysis; lessons from "an effective, safe, simple" intervention that wasn't. Br Med J 1995; 310: 752-754.