title: The use of psychotropic drugs in other painful conditions.
abstract: Many studies have suggested that psychotropic drugs may be valuable in the managment of chronic painful conditions and of the pain due to neoplastic disease. An opiate-sparing effect has been postulated. Most of the studies are, unfortunately, uncontrolled. The question arises as to whether psychotropic drugs, in addition to allaying anxiety and depression, alter pain threshold or the appreciation of pain.
mesh_terms: D002908:Chronic Disease; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms; D010146:Pain / Q000188:drug therapy*; D010166:Palliative Care; D011619:Psychotropic Drugs / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: D011619:Psychotropic Drugs