Background Amitriptyline is a tricyclic antidepressant that is widely used to treat chronic
neuropathic pain (pain due to nerve damage) and fibromyalgia, and is recommended in …

Background Antiepileptic drugs have been used for treating different types of neuropathic
pain, and sometimes fibromyalgia. Our understanding of quality standards in chronic pain …

Background This review updates part of an earlier Cochrane Review titled" Pregabalin for
acute and chronic pain in adults", and considers only neuropathic pain (pain from damage to …

Pain measures and cut‐offs – ‘no worse than mild pain’ as a simple, universal outcome -
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Single dose oral analgesics for acute postoperative pain in adults ‐ an overview of Cochrane
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Background Topical analgesic drugs are used for a variety of painful conditions. Some are
acute, typically strains or sprains, tendinopathy, or muscle aches. Others are chronic …

Background: Although chronic pain affects around 20% of adults in Europe and the USA,
there is substantial evidence that it is inadequately treated. In June 2009, an international …

Background This review is an update of a review of tramadol for neuropathic pain, published
in 2006; updating was to bring the review in line with current standards. Neuropathic pain …

Chronic pain affects a large proportion of the population, imposing significant individual
distress and a considerable burden on society, yet treatment is not always instituted and/or …

Chronic pain is currently under-diagnosed and under-treated, partly because doctors'
training in pain management is often inadequate. This situation looks certain to become …