Pharmacological Management of Neuropathic Pain

CNS Drugs

Volumn 17, Issue 14, 2003, Pages 1031-1043

  McCleane, Gary ^a  

^a Rampark Pain Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALFENTANIL; AMITRIPTYLINE; ANESTHETIC AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; BACLOFEN; CAPSAICIN; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLONAZEPAM; CLONIDINE; DESIPRAMINE; DOXEPIN; FOSPHENYTOIN SODIUM; GABAPENTIN; HARKOSERIDE; IMIPRAMINE; LAMOTRIGINE; LIDOCAINE; MEXILETINE; MORPHINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE; OXCARBAZEPINE; OXYCODONE; PHENYTOIN; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TOPIRAMATE; TRAMADOL; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; VALPROIC ACID;

ANALGESIA; ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONSTIPATION; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; DROWSINESS; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FATALITY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG OVERDOSE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG STRUCTURE; DRUG TOLERANCE; EJACULATION DISORDER; GINGIVA HYPERPLASIA; HUMAN; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; REVIEW; SEDATION; SIDE EFFECT; TACHYCARDIA; TACHYPHYLAXIS; URINARY HESITANCY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; WEIGHT GAIN; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; XEROSTOMIA;

ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ANTICONVULSANTS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS, TRICYCLIC; BACLOFEN; CAPSAICIN; CLONIDINE; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; HUMANS; NERVOUS SYSTEM; PAIN; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITORS;

EID: 0344873713     PISSN: 11727047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00023210-200317140-00003     Document Type: Review

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