Efficacy of pharmacological treatments of neuropathic pain: an update and effect related to mechanism of drug action
- 1 December 1999
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Pain
- Vol. 83 (3), 389-400
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0304-3959(99)00154-2
Abstract
Tricyclic antidepressants and carbamazepine have become the mainstay in the treatment of neuropathic pain. Within the last decade, controlled trials have shown that numerous other drugs relieve such pain. We identified all placebo-controlled trials and calculated numbers needed to treat (NNTKeywords
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