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THE ROLE OF AN ANTIDEPRESSANT, DIBENZEPIN (NOVERIL), IN THE RELIEF OF PAIN IN CHRONIC ARTHRITIC STATES
Author(s) -
Thorpe Peter,
MarchantWilliams Richard
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1974.tb93144.x
Subject(s) - antidepressant , osteoarthritis , placebo , medicine , analgesic , chronic pain , rheumatoid arthritis , anesthesia , arthritis , pain relief , physical therapy , psychiatry , alternative medicine , anxiety , pathology
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.