Pain relief by antidepressants: Possible modes of action
- 1 September 1985
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Pain
- Vol. 23 (1), 1-8
- https://doi.org/10.1016/0304-3959(85)90223-4
Abstract
There is evidence that both tricyclic antidepressants and monoamine oxidase inhibitors can relieve chronic pain. There are a number of possible mechanisms for this phenomenon, recent studies suggest that this may be due to an analgesic rather than antidepressant effect.Keywords
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