title: Pharmacological Management of Chronic Pelvic Pain in Women.
abstract: Chronic pelvic pain (CPP) is a multifaceted condition that often has both peripheral and central generators of pain. An understanding of neurobiology and neuropsychology of CPP should guide management. Successful treatment of CPP is typically multimodal, and pharmacologic treatment strategies include analgesics, hormonal suppression, anesthetics, antidepressants, membrane stabilizers, and anxiolytics. Evidence for these and other emerging pharmacologic therapies is presented in this article.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 4010 Old Clinic Building, CB 7570, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599-7570, USA. erin_carey@med.unc.edu.
authors.forename: Erin T
authors.initials: ET
authors.lastname: Carey
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
authors.forename: Sara R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Till
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
authors.forename: Sawsan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: As-Sanie
mesh_terms: D000700:Analgesics / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000777:Anesthetics / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D014151:Anti-Anxiety Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000928:Antidepressive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D006727:Hormone Antagonists / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D017699:Pelvic Pain / Q000188:drug therapy*
chemical_list: D000700:Analgesics; D000777:Anesthetics; D014151:Anti-Anxiety Agents; D000928:Antidepressive Agents; D006727:Hormone Antagonists