Treatment of Pain Syndromes with Venlafaxine

@article{Grothe2004TreatmentOP,
  title={Treatment of Pain Syndromes with Venlafaxine},
  author={Dale R. Grothe and Brian Scheckner and Dominick Albano},
  journal={Pharmacotherapy: The Journal of Human Pharmacology and Drug Therapy},
  year={2004},
  volume={24}
}
Major depressive disorder (MDD) and anxiety disorders such as generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) are often accompanied by chronic painful symptoms. Examples of such symptoms are backache, headache, gastrointestinal pain, and joint pain. In addition, pain generally not associated with major depression or an anxiety disorder, such as peripheral neuropathic pain (e.g., diabetic neuropathy and postherpetic neuralgia), cancer pain, and fibromyalgia, can be challenging for primary care providers to… 
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