Neuropathic pain: A management update

Australian Family Physician

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 92-97

  Votrubec, Milana ^a   Thong, Ian ^b  

^a Royal North Shore Pain Medicine ^*

^b North Shore Radiology and Nuclear Medicine   (Australia)

Author keywords

Complex regional pain syndrome; Diabetic neuropathies; Neuropathic pain; Postherpetic neuralgia; Trigeminal neuralgia

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; CHICKENPOX VACCINE;

ARTICLE; COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROME; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; NEURALGIA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTHERPETIC NEURALGIA; TRIGEMINUS NEURALGIA;

ANALGESICS; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; CHICKENPOX VACCINE; COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROMES; DIABETIC NEUROPATHIES; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMANS; NEURALGIA; NEURALGIA, POSTHERPETIC; TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA;

EID: 84875523219     PISSN: 03008495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (21)

1. Treede RD, Jensen TS, Campbell JN, et al. Neuropathic pain: redefinition and a grading system for clinical and research purposes. Neurology 2008;70:1630-5.
2. Cruccu G, Sommer C, Anand P, et al. EFNS guidelines on neuropathic pain assessment: revised 2009. Eur J Neurol 2010;17:1010-8.
3. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 2008. Catalogue No. CVD40. Available at www.aihw.gov.au [Accessed 27 January 2013].
4. Daousi C, MacFarlane IA, Woodward A, Nurmikko TJ, Bundred PE, Benbow SJ. Chronic painful peripheral neuropathy in an urban community: a controlled comparison of people with and without diabetes. Diabet Med 2004;21:976-82.
5. Bril V, England JD, Franklin GM, et al. Evidence-based guideline: treatment of painful diabetic neuropathy-report of the American Association of Neuromuscular and Electrodiagnostic Medicine, the American Academy of Neurology, and the American Academy of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation. Muscle Nerve 2011;43:910-7.
6. Helgason S, G. Petursson, Gudmundsson S, Sigurdsson JA. Prevalence of postherpetic neuralgia after a first episode of herpes zoster: prospective study with long term follow up. BMJ 2000;321:794-6.
7. Oxman MN, Levin MJ, Johnson GR, et al. A vaccine to prevent herpes zoster and postherpetic neuralgia in older adults. N Engl J Med 2005;352:2271-84.
8. Merskey HN, Bogduk N. Classification of chronic pain: descriptions of chronic pain syndromes and definitions of pain terms, 2nd edn, Seattle: IASP Press, 1994.
9. He L, Wu B, Zhou M. Non-antiepileptic drugs for trigeminal neuralgia. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2006(3):CD004029.
10. Eliav E, Tracey I. Pain 2012: refresher courses. 14th World Congress on Pain. Seattle: IASP Press, p.263
11. Tatli M, Satici O, Kanpolat Y, Sindou M. Various surgical modalities for trigeminal neuralgia: literature study of respective long-term outcomes. Acta Neurochir 2008;150:243-55.
12. Baron R. Mechanistic and clinical aspects of complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS). Novartis Found Symp 2004;261:220-33; discussion 233-8, 256-61.
13. Harden RN, Bruehl S, Stanton-Hicks M, Wilson PR. Proposed new diagnostic criteria for complex regional pain syndrome. Pain Med 2007;8:326-31.
14. Mellick LB, Mellick GA. Successful treatment of reflex sympathetic dystrophy with gabapentin. Am J Emerg Med 1995;13:96.
15. Bernateck M, Rolke R, Birklein F, Teede RD, Fink M, Karst M. Successful intravenous regional block with low-dose tumor necrosis factor-alpha antibody infliximab for treatment of complex regional pain syndrome 1. Anesth Analg 2007;105:1148-51.
16. Jensen TS, Madsen CS, Finnerup NB. Pharmacology and treatment of neuropathic pains. Curr Opin Neurol 2009;22:467-74.
17. Birklein F, Hugygen F, et al. Treatment of complex regional pain syndrome: where are we at, and where to now? Pain 2012: Refresher Courses. 14th World Congress on Pain. Seattle: IASP Press, p.179-91.
18. Finnerup NB, Sindrup, Jensen TS. The evidence for pharmacological treatment of neuropathic pain. Pain 2010;150:573-81.
19. Tran de QH, Duong S, Bertini P, Finlayson RJ. Treatment of complex regional pain syndrome: a review of the evidence. Can J Anaesth 2010;57:149-66.
20. Attal N, Cruccu G, Baron R, et al. EFNS guidelines on the pharmacological treatment of neuropathic pain: 2010 revision. Eur J Neurol 2010;17:1113-e88.
21. Australian Medicines Handbook. Adelaide: AMH, 2013.