Background Pharmacotherapy remains an important modality for the treatment of
neuropathic pain. However, as monotherapy current drugs are associated with limited …

Spontaneous pain, pain provoked by trivial stimuli, and altered sensation accompany
herpes zoster and may continue long after its characteristic rash has healed—a condition …

Postherpetic neuralgia (PHN) is a common and often devastatingly painful condition. It is
also one of the most extensively investigated of the neuropathic pains. Patients with PHN …

The purpose of this review was to identify and analyze the controlled clinical trial data for
peripheral neuropathic pain (PNP) and complex regional pain syndromes (CRPS). A total of …

Background Postherpetic neuralgia (PHN) is a complication of acute herpes zoster, which is
emerging as a preferred clinical trial model for chronic neuropathic pain. Although there are …

A systematic review of the literature on postherpetic neuralgia was performed. The authors
identified studies using the National Library of Medicine's Medline database and Cochrane …

Background: The risk factors for postherpetic neuralgia (PHN), the most common
complication of herpes zoster, have not been well established. Objective: To elucidate the …

Neuropathic pain may be a major cause of pain in the head and neck. Trigeminal neuralgia
may appear as intraoral pain. This article reviews a series of 24 consecutive cases of oral …

Oral analgesics are commonly prescribed for the treatment of acute and chronic pain, but
these agents often produce adverse systemic effects, which sometimes are severe. Topical …

In the syndrome of post-herpetic neuralgia (PHN), the nature of the sensory disturbance and
its relationship both to the severity and cause of the pain is controversial. To address these …