THE ROLE OF AN ANTIDEPRESSANT, DIBENZEPIN (NOVERIL), IN THE RELIEF OF PAIN IN CHRONIC ARTHRITIC STATES

197421 citationsJournal Article

Authors

Peter Thorpe · "National Medical Research Center for Rehabilitation and Balneology" of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation

Richard Marchant‐Williams · "National Medical Research Center for Rehabilitation and Balneology" of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation

Abstract

In a double-blind uncrossed trial extending over three months of patients with chronic pain from either osteoarthritis or rheumatoid arthritis, the antidepressant dibenzepin (Noveril) was demonstrated to lessen the pain and consequently lower the analgesic intake when compared with placebo.

Topics & Keywords

Treatment of Major Depression Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation Pain Mechanisms and Treatments

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: The Medical Journal of Australia

Volume 1, Issue 8, pp. 264-266

DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1974.tb93144.x

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