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• To improve the patient’s quality of life,
• Decrease the average pain rating,
• And improve overall functioning.
• Pharmacists must do their best to minimize patient risk

associated with pain management.
• Proper medication therapy can reduce addiction, short-

and long-term adverse effects, and risk of overdose.

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Role of pharmacist in neuropathic pain

• …………neuropathic pain (eg, diabetic neuropathy,
radiculopathy, postherpetic neuralgia) and ………….
neuropathic pain (eg, post stroke pain, Parkinson’s disease
pain, spinal cord injury pain, HIV myelopathy)

• Medications include tricyclic antidepressants,
anticonvulsants, gabapentin, pregabalin, selective serotonin
reuptake inhibitors, N-methyl-D-aspartate antagonists,
topical lidocaine and capsaicin, opioid analgesics, and
tramadol. (most are ………………….. medications)

• Pharmacists play a pivotal role in determining drug efficacy
and in monitoring the side effects and interactions of
multiple medications to help patients achieve good
therapeutic outcomes

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