Review: PDF OnlyPharmacology of Neuropathic PainOllat, H.; Cesaro, P.* Author Information Association pour la Neuro-Psycho-Pharmacologie (ANPP), rue de la Plaine, Paris, France *Service de Neurologie, Hôpital Henri Mondor, Créteil, France Clinical Neuropharmacology: October 1995 - Volume 18 - Issue 5 - p 391-404 Buy Abstract Summary The development of new animal models now allows the pharmacological study of the neuropathic pain. Our results concern mainly antidepressants and opiates; although the results are incomplete, they show that the different components of the pain syndrome depend on various mechanisms and require adapted treatments and that the treatment must begin as soon as possible, before plastic processes sustain a vicious circle of pain. In the future, pharmacological studies will permit better specification of indications for drugs already used, as well as the associations that improve their efficacy; studies will also encourage development of new treatments more adapted to the physiopathology of the pain syndrome. © Williams & Wilkins 1995. All Rights Reserved.
