Antidepressant drugs for neuropathic pain-an overview of Cochrane reviews

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2015, Issue 4, 2015, Pages

  Moore, R Andrew ^a   Kalso, Eija A ^b   Wiffen, Philip J ^a   Derry, Sheena ^a   Tölle, Thomas Rudolf ^c   Finnerup, Nanna B ^d   Attal, Nadine ^e   Lunn, Michael Pt ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^e ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE PARIS   (France)

^f NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; PLACEBO;

ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ANTIDEPRESSANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DIZZINESS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; HUMAN; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SOMNOLENCE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 85021120788     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD011606     Document Type: Article

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