Do antidepressants have an analgesic effect in psychogenic pain and somatoform pain disorder? A meta-analysis

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 503-509

  Fishbain, David A ^a,b,c   Cutler, R B ^a,b,c   Rosomoff, H L ^a,b,c   Steele Rosomoff, R ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^c South Shore Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Analgesia; Antidepressants; Meta analysis; Pain treatment; Psychogenic pain; Somatoform pain disorder

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; CLOMIPRAMINE; DOSULEPIN; FEMOXETINE; MAPROTILINE; MIANSERIN; PHENELZINE; PLACEBO; ZIMELDINE;

ANALGESIA; ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEPRESSION; FACE PAIN; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; META ANALYSIS; NECK PAIN; NEUROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031904295     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006842-199807000-00019     Document Type: Article

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