Antidepressants in the management of cancer pain

Most patients who have been diagnosed with cancer will experience pain at some point during the course of their disease. Often, opioid analgesics are not enough to completely alleviate the patient's pain and the selection of appropriate adjunct analgesic agents is critical. This article reviews...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Current pain and headache reports 2001-06, Vol.5 (3), p.227-236
1. Verfasser:	Mays, T A
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Analgesics Antidepressants Antidepressive Agents - therapeutic use Drug Therapy, Combination Humans Neoplasms - complications Neoplasms - physiopathology Pain Pain - drug therapy Pain - etiology Pain - physiopathology
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Zusammenfassung:	Most patients who have been diagnosed with cancer will experience pain at some point during the course of their disease. Often, opioid analgesics are not enough to completely alleviate the patient's pain and the selection of appropriate adjunct analgesic agents is critical. This article reviews the mechanisms of action and analgesic effects of several classes of antidepressants to enable the clinician to select the appropriate agent for the patient.
ISSN:	1531-3433 1534-3081
DOI:	10.1007/s11916-001-0036-8