The Pharmaceutical Journal
Vol 275 No 7360 p133
30 July 2005

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Post-herpetic neuralgia

Tricyclic antidepressants and some opioids are as effective for treating post-herpetic neuralgia as newer drugs such as gabapentin, tramadol and pregabalin, the authors of a systematic review conclude. They add that tricyclic antidepressants should be used first line (PLoS Medicine 2005;2:e164).