• Phys Med Rehabil Clin N Am · May 2015

    Review

    Nonopioid medications for pain.

    • David Tauben.
    • Division of Pain Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, UW Center for Pain Relief, University of Washington, 1959 Northeast Pacific Street, Box 356540, Seattle, WA 98195, USA; Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, UW Center for Pain Relief, University of Washington, 1959 Northeast Pacific Street, Box 356540, Seattle, WA 98195, USA. Electronic address: tauben@uw.edu.
    • Phys Med Rehabil Clin N Am. 2015 May 1; 26 (2): 219-48.

    AbstractEvidence of nonopioid analgesic effectiveness exceeds that for long-term opioids in chronic noncancer pain (CNCP), most with lower risk. Non-drug therapies such as cognitive behavioral therapy and physical activation are safer and also effective. Nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs are useful for inflammatory and nociceptive pain, share renal and variable gastrointestinal, bleeding and cardiovascular side effects. Antidepressants with noradrenergic activity (such as tricyclics and seroton-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors) and neuromodulating anticonvulsant drugs (gabapentinoids and sodium-channel blockers) are proven to be effective for neuropathic and centralized pain. Ketamine and cannabinoids are other studied analgesics but have a less well-proven role in CNCP.Copyright © 2015 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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