Via practica 6/2014

Treatment of neuropathic pain

The effective management of chronic pain is fundamental goal for all clinicians, who treat the pain. Neuropathic pain is one of two basic kinds of pain, which appears separetly or in combination with nociceptic pain. Neuropathic pain is very often treated by group of specialist. The author of this article recommends the use of the anticonvulsants – gabapentin and tricyclic antidepressants which should be the first choice by treatment patients with postherpetic neuralgia. In the case of strong neuralgic pain, treatment with opioids drugs is widely accepted. At the end the article the author concludes with cause of patient with progresive radiculitis and radiculopathie and solution the treatment of postherpetic neuropatic pain.

Keywords: neuropatic pain, gabapentin, opioids drugs, lidocain, capsaicin.