Evidence-based data on pain relief with antidepressants

Annals of Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 305-316

  Fishbain, D ^a,b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Antidepressants; Antinociceptive effect; Chronic pain; Fibromyalgia; Headache; Serotonergic antidepressants; Serotonergic noradrenergic antidepressants; Structured review

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; CITALOPRAM; CLOMIPRAMINE; CYCLOBENZAPRINE; DESIPRAMINE; DOXEPIN; FEMOXETINE; FLUOXETINE; FLUVOXAMINE; IMIPRAMINE; MAPROTILINE; MIANSERIN; NORTRIPTYLINE; PAROXETINE; PENTAZOCINE; PLACEBO; S ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; SERTRALINE; TRAZODONE; TRIMIPRAMINE;

ANTINOCICEPTION; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG POTENCY; FIBROMYALGIA; FIBROSITIS; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; NEUROPATHY; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDER; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SEROTONIN UPTAKE; ULCER HEALING;

EID: 0033944573     PISSN: 07853890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/07853890008995932     Document Type: Article

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