Neuropathic Pain Medication and Antidepressant Use after Disability Pension in Patients with Spinal Cord Stimulation for Persistent Spinal Pain Syndrome

CONCLUSIONS: Neuropathic pain medication and antidepressant use suggest that pain continues after the DP-that is, pensioners continue to experience inconvenient chronic pain. Resources for patient care are therefore needed after the DP. However, the DP reduces the dose increase of gabapentinoids; the dose is higher immediately before retirement than at the end of the follow-up.PMID:38327724 | PMC:PMC10849812 | DOI:10.1155/2024/4953758

Source: Pain Research and Management - February 8, 2024 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: Hanna Kaijankoski Mette Nissen Tiina-Mari Ik äheimo Mikael von Und Zu Fraunberg Olavi Airaksinen Jukka Huttunen Source Type: research