[Treatment of pain with psychotropic drugs (author's transl)].
30 patients suffering from therapy-resistant chronic pain were divided into three groups according to drive and mood: I. psychomotor inhibition combined with depressive mood, II. agitation and depressive mood, III. agitation combined normal mood. The psychopharmacological treatment of pain showed sufficient results, when the drugs were directed to the target symptoms "agitation", "lack of drive", and "depression". The differentiated administration of activating or sedative antidepressants and neuroleptics caused reduction or absence of pain while the routine administration of neuroleptics (i.e. chlorpromazine) was less effective.
D000928:Antidepressive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014150:Antipsychotic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D003863:Depression / Q000150:complications; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010146:Pain / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy*; D011619:Psychotropic Drugs / Q000627:therapeutic use*
D000928:Antidepressive Agents; D014150:Antipsychotic Agents; D011619:Psychotropic Drugs
Ergebnisse psychopharmakologischer Schmerzbehandlung.