Treatment options in painful diabetic neuropathy.
Diabetic neuropathy is common in patients with diabetes mellitus, and 7.5% of diabetics experience pain from diabetic neuropathy. Complications of diabetes mellitus are more common where control of the disease is not optimal. By improving the control of the disease, both the neuropathy and the pain it can produce may be improved. The pain of diabetic neuropathy can frequently be controlled using analgesics, antidepressants, anticonvulsants, topical capsaicin, and neuromodulation, either alone or in any combination.
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Walton Centre for Neurology and Neurosurgery, University of Liverpool, United Kingdom.
D000700:Analgesics / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000009:adverse effects; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D003929:Diabetic Neuropathies / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006801:Humans; D009437:Neuralgia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy*; D010147:Pain Measurement; D016896:Treatment Outcome
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