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Drugs for chronic pain in children: a commentary on clinical practice and the absence of evidence.
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16 citing papers in PubMed.
- Virtual Reality for Managing Procedural Pain in Children: A Concept Analysis with Walker and Avant Approach.Journal of pain research · 2026Review
- A Secondary Analysis of Integrated Pediatric Chronic Pain Services Related to Cost Savings.Journal of clinical psychology in medical settings · 2021Article
- Diabetic neuropathy in children and youth: New and emerging risk factors.Pediatric diabetes · 2021Review
- Outcomes of the Pediatric Development Plan of Tapentadol.Journal of pain research · 2021Review
- Beyond Amitriptyline: A Pediatric and Adolescent Oriented Narrative Review of the Analgesic Properties of Psychotropic Medications for the Treatment of Complex Pain and Headache Disorders.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Review
- Opioid Prescribing and Polypharmacy in Children with Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain.Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.) · 2019Article
- Pain Management In Pediatric Patients With Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome: Current Insights.Journal of pain research · 2019Review
- The challenge of developing pain medications for children: therapeutic needs and future perspectives.Journal of pain research · 2019Article
- Fibromyalgia: Treating Pain in the Juvenile Patient.Paediatric drugs · 2017Review
- Psychological Neuromodulatory Treatments for Young People with Chronic Pain.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2016Review
- Recent trends in primary-care antidepressant prescribing to children and young people: an e-cohort study.Psychological medicine · 2016Article
- [Pain syndrome of the musculoskeletal system in children and adolescents].Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie · 2016Review
- A pain research agenda for the 21st century.The journal of pain · 2014Article
- Pharmacological treatment of chronic non-cancer pain in pediatric patients.Paediatric drugs · 2014Review
- Bidirectional associations between pain and physical activity in adolescents.The Clinical journal of pain · 2014Article
- Daytime and nighttime sleep patterns in adolescents with and without chronic pain.Health psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association · 2012Article
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Abstract
Pediatric chronic pain is widespread, under-recognized and undertreated. Best management usually involves a multimodal approach coordinated by a multidisciplinary team. The present commentary specifically discusses common pharmacological approaches to chronic pain in children, identifies gaps in knowledge and suggests several research directions that would benefit future clinical care.
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