New developments in the use of tricyclic antidepressants for the management of pain

Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 505-511

  Cohen, Steven P ^a   Abdi, Salahadin ^b  

^a PAIN MANAGEMENT CENTER OF PADUCAH   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; CLOMIPRAMINE; DESIPRAMINE; DOXEPIN; GABAPENTIN; IMIPRAMINE; MAPROTILINE; NORTRIPTYLINE; OXAPROTILINE; PAROXETINE; PROTRIPTYLINE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; SIBUTRAMINE; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; TRIMIPRAMINE;

ANALGESIA; ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ANTINOCICEPTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG USE; HUMAN; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0034774222     PISSN: 09527907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001503-200110000-00008     Document Type: Review

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