title: [Value of adjuvant treatment with imipramine for lumbosacral pain syndrome].
abstract: The antidepressants have been reported to be effective in the treatment of many pain syndromes, for example headache and neuralgia. The pain of the study was to evaluate the effectiveness on small (75 mg per die) dose of imipramine administered additionally to the routine. Conservative treatment of patients with acute low back pain. The analysis of six different indices of improvement revealed, that the outcome of therapy in the group of 50 patients treated with imipramine was significantly better, than in comparable group treated routinely. The effect of imipramine have not been related to the occurrence of depression or to the other factors from anamnesis and physical examination influencing pain.
authors.affiliation: Klinicznego Oddziału Neurologicznego Wojskowego Szpitala Klinicznego, Krakowie.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gardeła
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017024:Chemotherapy, Adjuvant; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007099:Imipramine / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D017116:Low Back Pain / Q000188:drug therapy*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D007099:Imipramine
vernacular_title: Wartość wspomagajacego leczenia imipramina w ledźwiowo-krzyzowym zespole bólowym.