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Review
. 1985 Sep;23(1):1-8.
doi: 10.1016/0304-3959(85)90223-4.

Pain relief by antidepressants: possible modes of action

Charlotte Feinmann  1
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Review

Pain relief by antidepressants: possible modes of action

Charlotte Feinmann. Pain. 1985 Sep.

Abstract

There is evidence that both tricyclic antidepressants and monoamine oxidase inhibitors can relieve chronic pain. There are a number of possible mechanisms for this phenomenon, recent studies suggest that this may be due to an analgesic rather than antidepressant effect.

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