Novel drugs for neuropathic pain.
Neuropathic pain is often inadequately controlled by conventional analgesics. Because the aetiology of neuropathic pain is only partially understood, specific treatment approaches have not been defined. A variety of pharmacological treatments have been proposed. However, for only a small minority of drugs used in neuropathic pain has the scientific evidence been evaluated in a satisfactory manner. The present review of the recent literature reveals the potential of certain novel drugs in treatment of neuropathic pain.
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Department for Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Benjamin Franklin University Hospital, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany. kopf@ukbf.fu-berlin.de
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