Is treatment of postherpetic neuralgia in the community consistent with evidence-based recommendations?

Pain

Volumn 153, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 869-875

  Dworkin, Robert H ^a   Panarites, Christopher J ^b   Armstrong, Edward P ^c   Malone, Daniel C ^c   Pham, Sissi V ^d  

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

^b ABBOTT VASCULAR   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d Sissi Pham Consulting Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Guidelines; Health care utilization; Neuropathic pain; Postherpetic neuralgia; Recommendations; Treatment

Indexed keywords

AMFEBUTAMONE; AMITRIPTYLINE; CAPSAICIN; CARBAMAZEPINE; CITALOPRAM; DESIPRAMINE; DEXTROMETHORPHAN; DULOXETINE; GABAPENTIN; IMIPRAMINE; LAMOTRIGINE; LIDOCAINE; MEMANTINE; MEXILETINE; NORTRIPTYLINE; OPIATE; OXCARBAZEPINE; PAROXETINE; PREGABALIN; TOPIRAMATE; TRAMADOL; VALPROIC ACID; VENLAFAXINE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; POSTHERPETIC NEURALGIA; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT DURATION; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURALGIA, POSTHERPETIC; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84858700032     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: 18726623     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2012.01.015     Document Type: Article

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