Recommendations for the pharmacological management of neuropathic pain: An overview and literature update

Mayo Clinic Proceedings

Volumn 85, Issue 3 SUPPL., 2010, Pages

  Dworkin, Robert H ^a   O'Connor, Alec B ^a   Audette, Joseph ^b   Baron, Ralf ^c   Gourlay, Geoffrey K ^d   Haanpää, Maija L ^e,f   Kent, Joel L ^a   Krane, Elliot J ^g,h   LeBel, Alyssa A ⁱ   Levy, Robert M ^j   Mackey, Sean C ^g   Mayer, John ^k   Miaskowski, Christine ^l   Raja, Srinivasa N ^m   Rice, Andrew S C ⁿ   Schmader, Kenneth E ^o   Stacey, Brett ^p   Stanos, Steven ^q   Treede, Rolf Detlef ^r   Turk, Dennis C ^s   Walco, Gary A ^s   Wells, Christopher D ^t   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b HARVARD VANGUARD MEDICAL ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^d FLINDERS MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^e Rehabilitation ORTON   (Finland)

^f HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^g STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h LUCILE PACKARD CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

ⁱ BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^j NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^m JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁿ IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^o DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^p OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^q REHABILITATION INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^r UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^s SEATTLE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^t Pain Relief Foundation   (United Kingdom)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMFEBUTAMONE; BOTULINUM TOXIN; CAPSAICIN; CARBAMAZEPINE; CITALOPRAM; DESIPRAMINE; DEXTROMETHORPHAN; DULOXETINE; GABAPENTIN; HARKOSERIDE; LEVORPHANOL; LIDOCAINE; MEMANTINE; METHADONE; MEXILETINE; MILNACIPRAN; MORPHINE; NORADRENALIN; NORTRIPTYLINE; OXCARBAZEPINE; OXYCODONE; PAROXETINE; PREGABALIN; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TOPIRAMATE; TRAMADOL; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; UNINDEXED DRUG; VALPROIC ACID; VENLAFAXINE; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ACETAMIDE DERIVATIVE; AMINE; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; CYCLOHEXANECARBOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

CARDIOTOXICITY; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; NAUSEA; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NONHUMAN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RECOMMENDED DRUG DOSE; REVIEW; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; NEURALGIA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ACETAMIDES; AMINES; ANALGESICS; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; CYCLOHEXANECARBOXYLIC ACIDS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HUMANS; NEURALGIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITORS;

EID: 77950367410     PISSN: 00256196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4065/mcp.2009.0649     Document Type: Review

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