neurologic disorders
Neuropathic Pain
Key Points
Neuropathic pain may result from efferent activity (sympathetically maintained pain) or from interruption of afferent activity (deafferentation pain). Consider neuropathic pain if patients have dysesthesia or if pain is out of proportion to tissue injury and nerve injury is suspected. Treat patients using multiple modalities (eg, antidepressants or antiseizure drugs, analgesics, psychotherapeutic methods, physical and occupational therapy, neuromodulation, surgery). 