Neuropathic pain results from damage to the nervous system due to many diverse
processes. It causes persistent, distressing pain that is reputedly unresponsive to …

Background. Post-stroke pain (PSP) is a common and disabling complication, difficult to
treat, that often decreases patients' quality of life (QoL). The hypothesis is that PSP may …

Neuropathic pain is intractable pain caused by damage to the nervous system. Recent
approval and expansion of the indications of a series of drugs are expected to improve the …

The Neuropathic Pain Special Interest Group of the International Association for the Study of
Pain recently sponsored the development of evidence-based guidelines for the …

There have been considerable advances in our understanding of the pathophysiology of
neuropathic pain. There is still a lack of consensus about the optimal therapeutic strategy of …

In the last few years the understanding of mechanisms and, consequently, the diagnosis of
neuropathic pain (NP) has becoming progressively clearer in clinical practice. However, the …

For each patient, considerations on the underlying pain mechanisms, immediate and
potential long-term side effects, and price as well as comorbidities and concurrent …

According to the Clinical Practice Guidelines published by the American Geriatrics Society
on the Management of Persistent Pain in Older Persons [1], nonpharmacologic approaches …

The understanding and treatment of chronic pain is a challenge not easily met. By the time
the patients arrive at a clinic, they have usually lived in that condition for a substantial length …

Neuropathic pain arises from a lesion or dysfunction within the nervous system; the specific
mechanisms that elicit neuropathic pain symptoms are the subject of ongoing research. It is …