The management of neuropathic pain in cancer.

摘要: Abstract Neuropathic pain is a common problem amongst cancer patients, yet it can be challenging to diagnose and treat successfully. The diagnosis of neuropathic has been helped by the identification descriptors symptoms often used patients several screening tools now exist identify features. management in balance pharmacological, physical psychological interventions skilfully that are frail with cognitive, hepatic or renal impairment. Commonly drugs for treatment include opioids, antidepressants anti-epileptics, although evidence their use population poor. Other have shown benefit NMDA receptor antagonists local anaesthetic agents, side effects limit use. Physical intrathecal drug delivery, neurolytic sympathetic plexus blockade spinal cord stimulation. T...