Guidelines for the use of antidepressants in painful rheumatic conditions

European Journal of Pain

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 185-

  Perrot, Serge ^a,b   Maheu, Emmanuel ^a   Javier, Rose Marie ^a   Eschalier, Alain ^a   Coutaux, Anne ^a   Lebars, Manuela ^a   Bertin, Philippe ^a   Bannwarth, Bernard ^a   Trèves, Richard ^a  

^a CEDR   (France)

^b Hôpital Cochin Tarnier ^*  (France)

Author keywords

Antidepressants; Musculoskeletal; Pain; Recommendations; Treatment

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CITALOPRAM; FLUOXETINE; IMIPRAMINE; MAPROTILINE; NORTRIPTYLINE; PAROXETINE; PLACEBO; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; SERTRALINE; TRAMADOL; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; TRIMIPRAMINE; VENLAFAXINE;

ABDOMINAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEPRESSION; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EFFECT; FATIGUE; FIBROMYALGIA; FIRST PASS EFFECT; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; META ANALYSIS; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; SLEEP DISORDER; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREMOR;

EID: 32844455082     PISSN: 10903801     EISSN: 15322149     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpain.2005.03.004     Document Type: Article

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