Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of the Efficacy of Oral Medications Compared with Placebo Treatment in the Management of Postherpetic Neuralgia.

CONCLUSION: This review has provided favorable but low-quality evidence to support the use of anticonvulsants for PHN. Although statistically significant effects were observed for posttreatment pain and the percent of responders, the number of studies in each subgroup analysis for anticonvulsants was small and the included studies had high or unclear risk of bias. Further high-quality methodologic studies are needed to explore the effects of orally administered anticonvulsants for PHN. PMID: 27472529 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Journal of Orofacial Pain - Category: ENT & OMF Tags: J Oral Facial Pain Headache Source Type: research