title: Promising treatments for neuropathic pain.
abstract: In the last few years the understanding of mechanisms and, consequently, the diagnosis of neuropathic pain (NP) has becoming progressively clearer in clinical practice. However, the treatment of such condition remains challenging so far. One of the reasons for such difficulty is the diversity of mechanisms involved in NP generation and its persistency. In the present review we discuss several treatment modalities for NP that are scantily applied in daily clinical practice. For that, we collected positive clinical evidence of unusual and SECS (Safe, Easy, Cheap, and Sensible) approaches for NP. The aim of this review is not to establish the "state of the art" or rigid guidelines for NP treatment. In a different way, we only want bring new possibilities of treatment to the readers and also to motivate investigators to confirm those positive preliminary but promising results for NP reliev.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Neurologia, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Universidade do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
authors.forename: Pedro
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Schestatsky
authors.affiliation: Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
authors.forename: Liliane
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Vidor
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Neurologia, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Universidade do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
authors.forename: Pablo Brea
authors.initials: PB
authors.lastname: Winckler
authors.affiliation: Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
authors.forename: Tatiane Gomes de
authors.initials: TG
authors.lastname: Araújo
authors.affiliation: Laboratório de Dor e Neuromodulação, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Universidade do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
authors.forename: Wolnei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Caumo
mesh_terms: D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D006801:Humans; D009437:Neuralgia / Q000628:therapy*; D016896:Treatment Outcome