Opioid Analgesics in the Management of Neuropathic Pain

Adjuvant analgesics in neuropathic pain.

Conventional analgesics have limited efficacy in the management of neuropathic pain. An adjuvant analgesic is a drug that has a primary nonpain indication but which may be analgesic in certain circumstances, and many of these have established a role in the pharmacological treatment of neuropathic pain. The number needed to treat is an indirect statistical measure that can be used to compare rel...

Position Statement on Opioid Analgesics in Pain Management – 2015 Update

Position Statement on Opioid Analgesics in Pain Management--2015 Update.

Pain Pharmacotherapy: Non-Opioid Analgesics [Argoff]

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[The role of non-opioid analgesics in the management of postoperative pain.].

At present, intramuscular application of opioids given on request is the most widespread form of postoperative analgesia. This method is widely recognized as often being inadequate, however. As advanced techniques of pain management, such as patient-controlled analgesia, are not generally available, the question arises as to whether non-opioid analgesics should routinely be used in order to imp...