The primary outcome was an approximate 50% reduction in pain as a result of treatment. Tricylic antidepressants, traditional anticonvulsants and opioids were found to be better for short-term pain ...

Several genes are involved in the interindividual variability of the antidepressant response ... implicated in the pathophysiology of chronic pain, but likely also other endogenous substrates.

Be sure to discuss treatment safety and effectiveness ... Pelvic pain Lower back pain About 3 of every 4 antidepressants ...

Among the drugs studied - which included Prozac and a cheap antidepressant called amitriptyline - only one, called duloxetine, showed any evidence for pain relief. None of the trials gathered long ...

which may affect the treatment adherence. Because tricyclic antidepressants and SNRIs are now an integral part in the management of chronic and neuropathic pain, this paper discusses the potential ...

Doctors are being advised not to prescribe common painkillers, including paracetamol and ibuprofen, for patients with chronic pain not caused by an injury or other medical condition. The National ...

Antidepressants known as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, or SSRIs have been the first line of treatment for mood ...

A new study in animals suggests that targeting antidepressant medications to cells in the gut could not only be an effective treatment of ... Director of the NYU Pain Research Center and an ...

While antidepressants are commonly prescribed to help people struggling with anxiety, obsessive-compulsive disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, panic disorder, phobias, chronic pain ...