PMID: 26798881Jan 23, 2016Paper

Evidence-Based Pharmacologic Approaches for Chronic Orofacial Pain

Journal of the California Dental Association
Glenn Clark

Abstract

For neuropathic pain, the three medications to use are gabapentinoids, tricyclic antidepressants and serotonin norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors plus topical anesthetics. Beta-blockers, tricyclic antidepressants and anti-epileptic drugs are effective preventive medications for daily migraine headaches. The three FDA-approved drugs for fibromyalgia, pregabalin, duloxetine and milnacipran, are not robust. For osteoarthritis, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatories have good efficacy, and when gastritis contraindicates them, corticosteroid injections are helpful.

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