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Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Neuropathic Pain: Consensus of a Group of Latin American Experts

2009; Taylor & Francis; Volume: 23; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1080/15360280903098572

1536-0539

Juan Carlos Acevedo, Abraham Amaya, Oscar de León Casasola, Nelson Chinchilla, Marcelo De Giorgis, Sandra Flórez, Miguel Ángel Genis, Juan Vicente Gómez-Barrios, John Jairo Hernández Castro, Eduardo Ibarra, Carlos B. Moreno, Enrique Orrillo, Danilo Pasternak, Sabina Romero, Mariana Vallejo, Maritza Velasco, Alberto Villalobos,

Pain Management and Placebo Effect

These consensus guidelines have been developed by a group of Latin American experts in pain management, to point out patterns and make practical recommendations to guide the diagnosis, identify warning signs (yellow and red flags), and establish comprehensive medical management (pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic treatment) and monitoring plans for patients enduring neuropathic pain. From the viewpoint of pharmacologic management, drugs are classified into groups according to efficacy, availability/accessibility, and safety criteria. Drugs are recommended for use depending on the disease and particular circumstances of each patient, with an approach that favors multimodal treatment while taking into consideration the idiosyncrasies of medical practice in Latin America.