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Combination Therapy for Neuropathic Pain: A Review of Recent Evidence
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Pharmacological treatment is not very effective for neuropathic pain (NP). A progressive decrease in the estimated effect of NP drugs has been reported, giving rise to an increase in the use of the multimodal analgesic approach. We performed a new independent review to assess whether more and better-quality evidence has become available since the last systematic review. We evaluated the efficacy, tolerability, and safety of double-blinded randomized controlled trials involving only adult participants and comparing combination therapy (CT: ≥2 drugs) with a placebo and/or at least one other comparator with an NP indication. The primary outcome assessed was the proportion of participants reporting ≥50% pain reductions from baseline. The secondary outcome assessed was the proportion of drop-outs due to treatment-emergent adverse events. After removing duplicates, 2323 citations were screened, with 164 articles assessed for eligibility, from which 16 were included for qualitative analysis. From the latter, only five lasted for at least 12 weeks and only six complied with the required data for complete analysis. CT has been adopted for years without robust evidence. Efforts have been made to achieve better-quality evidence, but the quality has not improved over the years. In this regard, guidelines for NP should attempt to make recommendations about CT research, prioritizing which combinations to analyze.
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SERRANO AFONSO, Ancor, CARNAVAL, Thiago, VIDELA, Sebastià. Combination Therapy for Neuropathic Pain: A Review of Recent Evidence. _Journal of Clinical Medicine_. 2021. Vol. 10, núm. 16, pàgs. 3533. [consulta: 25 de febrer de 2026]. ISSN: 2077-0383. [Disponible a: https://hdl.handle.net/2445/179989]