Antidepressants as analgesics: A review of randomized controlled trials

Journal of Psychiatry and Neuroscience

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 30-36

  Lynch, M E ^a  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH II HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Analgesia; Antidepressive agents; Monoamine oxidase; Pain; Randomized controlled trials; Serotonin uptake inhibitors; Trazodone; Tricyclic

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; CITALOPRAM; CLOMIPRAMINE; DESIPRAMINE; DOXEPIN; FLUOXETINE; IMIPRAMINE; NEFAZODONE; NORTRIPTYLINE; PAROXETINE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; SERTRALINE; TRAZODONE; TRIMIPRAMINE; VENLAFAXINE;

ANALGESIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; DRUG EFFICACY; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MIGRAINE; PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; TENSION HEADACHE;

ANALGESICS; ANIMALS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS, TRICYCLIC; HUMANS; MONOAMINE OXIDASE INHIBITORS; PAIN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITORS;

EID: 0035120656     PISSN: 11804882     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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