title: Psychopharmacology of chronic pain: a focus on antidepressants and atypical antipsychotics.
abstract: Chronic pain is considered one of the most prevalent causes of costly and disabling medical conditions. This review will define chronic pain and its categories and then will summarize the effectiveness and side effects associated with the use of various antidepressants, including the tricyclics, the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, the serotonin norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors, other miscellaneous antidepressants and the atypical antipsychotics in the treatment of chronic pain.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Psychiatry , Dartmouth -Hitchcock Medical Center, One Medical Center Drive , Lebanon , NH , USA.
authors.forename: Hani Raoul
authors.initials: HR
authors.lastname: Khouzam
mesh_terms: D000928:Antidepressive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000929:Antidepressive Agents, Tricyclic / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D014150:Antipsychotic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000068180:Aripiprazole / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001569:Benzodiazepines / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016642:Bupropion / Q000627:therapeutic use; D059350:Chronic Pain / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008803:Mianserin / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000078785:Mirtazapine; D000077152:Olanzapine; D010879:Piperazines / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000069348:Quetiapine Fumarate / Q000627:therapeutic use; D018967:Risperidone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D017367:Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000068760:Serotonin and Noradrenaline Reuptake Inhibitors / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D013844:Thiazoles / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014196:Trazodone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014230:Triazoles / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D000928:Antidepressive Agents; D000929:Antidepressive Agents, Tricyclic; D014150:Antipsychotic Agents; D000068180:Aripiprazole; D001569:Benzodiazepines; D016642:Bupropion; D008803:Mianserin; D000078785:Mirtazapine; D000077152:Olanzapine; D010879:Piperazines; D000069348:Quetiapine Fumarate; D018967:Risperidone; D017367:Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors; D000068760:Serotonin and Noradrenaline Reuptake Inhibitors; D013844:Thiazoles; D014196:Trazodone; D014230:Triazoles; C051752:nefazodone; C092292:ziprasidone
keywords: Chronic pain; antidepressants; atypical antipsychotics; management; pharmacology; treatment