Efficacy of venlafaxine in chronic pain syndrome

DOI: https://doi.org/10.29296/25877305-2019-04-06
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2019

T. Vazagaeva, Candidate of Medical Sciences; E. Kvariantashvili V.P. Serbsky National Medical Research Center of Psychiatry and Narcology. Moscow

Along with analgesics, adjuvant medications are currently recommended for the treatment of various chronic pain syndromes. The antidepressants with proven analgesic effects include venlafaxine that has a more favorable tolerability profile than tricyclic antidepressants traditionally used to treat patients with chronic pain. Many studies have shown that venlafaxine is highly effective in the therapy of neuropathic pain, while the efficacy of the drug for other types of chronic pain has not been studied sufficiently. Although most current guidelines do not consider venlafaxine as a first-line drug treatment for chronic pain, there are grounds for its use in clinical practice in many cases, for example, those with poor tolerance or contraindications to other antidepressants and anticonvulsants. Further investigations are necessary for more and additional information about the features and spectrum of the analgesic activity of venlafaxine

Keywords: 
therapy
chronic pain syndrome
venlafaxine



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