title: Pain modulation and the action of analgesic medications.
abstract: A general approach to improving the treatment of patients with post-herpetic neuralgia is outlined. Pain-generating processes initiated by injury to peripheral nerve and new treatments that target these processes are discussed. Another described approach is to use knowledge of central nervous system pain-modulating networks to improve the effectiveness of centrally acting analgesics such as opioids and tricyclic antidepressants.
authors.affiliation: University of California, Department of Neurology and Physiology, San Francisco 94143-0114.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Fields
mesh_terms: D000700:Analgesics / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000818:Animals; D006562:Herpes Zoster / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D010146:Pain / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology
chemical_list: D000700:Analgesics