Antidepressant and Anticonvulsant Medication for Chronic Pain

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics of North America

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 381-400

  Sullivan, Mark D ^a   Robinson, James P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMFEBUTAMONE; AMITRIPTYLINE; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLONIDINE; DESIPRAMINE; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; DULOXETINE; ESZOPICLONE; FLUOXETINE; GABAPENTIN; HERBACEOUS AGENT; IMIPRAMINE; LAMOTRIGINE; MAPROTILINE; MIRTAZAPINE; NORTRIPTYLINE; PAROXETINE; PHENYTOIN; PLACEBO; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; SERTRALINE; TETRACYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; TRAZODONE; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; UNINDEXED DRUG; VALPROIC ACID; VENLAFAXINE; ZOLPIDEM TARTRATE;

ANALGESIA; ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ANHEDONIA; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BODY WEIGHT DISORDER; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG APPROVAL; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG MECHANISM; FACE PAIN; FIBROMYALGIA; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPERICUM PERFORATUM; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MENTAL DISEASE; META ANALYSIS; MIGRAINE; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; POSTHERPETIC NEURALGIA; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEDATION; SIDE EFFECT; SLEEP DISORDER; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; XEROSTOMIA;

ADULT; AGED; ANTICONVULSANTS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; CHRONIC DISEASE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33645980996     PISSN: 10479651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pmr.2005.12.006     Document Type: Review

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