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Curr Pain Headache Rep · Feb 2002
ReviewThe psychopharmacologic treatment of depression and anxiety in the context of chronic pain.
- Sunil Verma and Rollin M Gallagher.
- Pain Medicine and Rehabilitation Center, Graduate Hospital, Pepper Pavilion First Floor, 1800 Lombard Street, Philadelphia, PA 19146, USA. rg32@drexel.edu
- Curr Pain Headache Rep. 2002 Feb 1; 6 (1): 30-9.
AbstractChronic pain afflicts millions of people, commonly causing depression and anxiety. These conditions must be treated to achieve a good functional outcome from pain treatment. Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, tricyclics, and newer antidepressants effectively treat both depression and selected anxiety disorders. Antidepressants with noradrenergic and serotinergic activity, and anticonvulsants, which may also stabilize mood, are effective in neuropathic pain. Other medications have limited but important pharmacotherapeutic roles.
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