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Pain modulation and the action of analgesic medications
1University of California, Department of Neurology and Physiology, San Francisco 94143-0114.
Annals of Neurology
|January 1, 1994
Abstract:
A general approach to improving the treatment of patients with post-herpetic neuralgia is outlined. Pain-generating processes initiated by injury to peripheral nerve and new treatments that target these processes are discussed. Another described approach is to use knowledge of central nervous system pain-modulating networks to improve the effectiveness of centrally acting analgesics such as opioids and tricyclic antidepressants.