Managing Chronic Neuropathic Pain: Recent Advances and New Challenges
Aim. Neuropathic pain affects 7–10% of the population, with most of the patients receiving inadequate and incomplete treatment. Owing to the high financial burden and the poor quality of life of the patients and their caretakers, there is a dire need to address the challenges in diagnosing and treat...
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| author | Namrata Hange Sujan Poudel Saleha Ozair Trissa Paul Meghna Nambakkam Rakchhya Shrestha Farrah Greye Sangam Shah Yagya Raj Adhikari Sangharsha Thapa Pooja Patel |
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| description | Aim. Neuropathic pain affects 7–10% of the population, with most of the patients receiving inadequate and incomplete treatment. Owing to the high financial burden and the poor quality of life of the patients and their caretakers, there is a dire need to address the challenges in diagnosing and treating chronic neuropathic pain. Methods. This literature review was conducted to review novel treatments and related challenges through a systematic search from sources such as PubMed, Google Scholar with the combination of MESH words such as neuropathic pain, management of neuropathic pain. Articles from non-English literature, reports without human subjects, animal studies, and abstracts/posters were excluded. However, human studies and studies published in English were included. Result. This review article discusses novel treatment modalities while acknowledging the challenges medical workers face while encountering neuropathic pain. Despite the recent advances in diagnosis and treatment modalities, several challenges still exist. Hence, there is still a need to explore the various treatment modalities, emphasizing the cause and underlying pathophysiology of neuropathic pain. Conclusion. We recommend integrated multimodal treatment with the current treatment facility, including various medical disciplines. However, a personalized approach would work the best depending on the ’patient’s medical history. Therefore, this article recommends an integrated, cause-specific, cost-effective approach to address this problem of chronic neuropathic pain. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-ee8c54fbbb174086b28e9a414c5d85f02025-02-03T01:22:41ZengWileyNeurology Research International2090-18602022-01-01202210.1155/2022/8336561Managing Chronic Neuropathic Pain: Recent Advances and New ChallengesNamrata Hange0Sujan Poudel1Saleha Ozair2Trissa Paul3Meghna Nambakkam4Rakchhya Shrestha5Farrah Greye6Sangam Shah7Yagya Raj Adhikari8Sangharsha Thapa9Pooja Patel10National University of SingaporeNational Medical CollegeDepartment of Research & Academic AffairsLarkin Community HospitalDepartment of NeurologyDepartment of Internal MedicineDepartment of Research & Academic AffairsTribhuvan UniversityTribhuvan UniversityUniversity of MinnesotaDepartment of Internal MedicineAim. Neuropathic pain affects 7–10% of the population, with most of the patients receiving inadequate and incomplete treatment. Owing to the high financial burden and the poor quality of life of the patients and their caretakers, there is a dire need to address the challenges in diagnosing and treating chronic neuropathic pain. Methods. This literature review was conducted to review novel treatments and related challenges through a systematic search from sources such as PubMed, Google Scholar with the combination of MESH words such as neuropathic pain, management of neuropathic pain. Articles from non-English literature, reports without human subjects, animal studies, and abstracts/posters were excluded. However, human studies and studies published in English were included. Result. This review article discusses novel treatment modalities while acknowledging the challenges medical workers face while encountering neuropathic pain. Despite the recent advances in diagnosis and treatment modalities, several challenges still exist. Hence, there is still a need to explore the various treatment modalities, emphasizing the cause and underlying pathophysiology of neuropathic pain. Conclusion. We recommend integrated multimodal treatment with the current treatment facility, including various medical disciplines. However, a personalized approach would work the best depending on the ’patient’s medical history. Therefore, this article recommends an integrated, cause-specific, cost-effective approach to address this problem of chronic neuropathic pain.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2022/8336561 |
| spellingShingle | Namrata Hange Sujan Poudel Saleha Ozair Trissa Paul Meghna Nambakkam Rakchhya Shrestha Farrah Greye Sangam Shah Yagya Raj Adhikari Sangharsha Thapa Pooja Patel Managing Chronic Neuropathic Pain: Recent Advances and New Challenges Neurology Research International |
| title | Managing Chronic Neuropathic Pain: Recent Advances and New Challenges |
| title_full | Managing Chronic Neuropathic Pain: Recent Advances and New Challenges |
| title_fullStr | Managing Chronic Neuropathic Pain: Recent Advances and New Challenges |
| title_full_unstemmed | Managing Chronic Neuropathic Pain: Recent Advances and New Challenges |
| title_short | Managing Chronic Neuropathic Pain: Recent Advances and New Challenges |
| title_sort | managing chronic neuropathic pain recent advances and new challenges |
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