[Current therapy of neuropathic pain]

M Schäfers; T R Tölle

doi:10.1007/s00115-012-3623-5

[Current therapy of neuropathic pain]

Nervenarzt. 2013 Dec;84(12):1445-50. doi: 10.1007/s00115-012-3623-5.

[Article in German]

Authors

M Schäfers¹, T R Tölle

Affiliation

¹ Klinik für Neurologie, Universitätsklinikum Essen, Hufelandstr. 55, 45122, Essen, Deutschland, maria.schaefers@uni-due.de.

PMID: 24212417
DOI: 10.1007/s00115-012-3623-5

Abstract

Lesions of the nervous systems often result in difficult to treat pain syndromes. Neuropathic pain has increasingly gained attention from clinicians as a result of a better understanding of the underlying mechanisms and the development of proven analgesic therapies. This article provides an update on the diagnosis and treatment of neuropathic pain.

Publication types

English Abstract
Review

MeSH terms

Algorithms
Analgesics / adverse effects
Analgesics / therapeutic use*
Drug Therapy, Combination
Guideline Adherence
Humans
Nervous System / physiopathology
Nervous System Diseases / diagnosis
Nervous System Diseases / physiopathology
Nervous System Diseases / therapy
Neuralgia / diagnosis
Neuralgia / drug therapy*
Neuralgia / physiopathology
Neuronal Plasticity / physiology
Nociceptors / drug effects
Nociceptors / physiology
Pain Threshold / drug effects
Pain Threshold / physiology
Somatosensory Cortex / drug effects
Somatosensory Cortex / physiopathology

Substances

Analgesics