It is also useful in treating pain related to nerve injury, or neuropathic pain.
An increasing number of recent clinical trials, however, have failed to demonstrate efficacy of various other treatments for neuropathic pain.
The results of ongoing and planned studies will provide considerable additional data regarding its efficacy in these and other neuropathic pain conditions.
Recently, evidence has accumulated that supports a role of spinal microglia in chronic pain, especially the development of neuropathic pain.
In summary, we have identified an existing drug that might be redirected for testing in neuropathic pain.
A randomized controlled trial of duloxetine in diabetic peripheral neuropathic pain.
Given that proinflammatory cytokines are implicated strongly in neuropathic pain, previous research has explored a potential therapeutic role for anti-inflammatory cytokines in treating this condition.
Damage to the nervous system often causes neuropathic pain.