October 22, 2008

The drugs off-label

According to Dr. Aline Boulanger, Md, associate professor in
the department of anesthesia
of the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Montreal, it is common to use
drugs for

Pain Relief
off-label. Many drugs have more of an effect in the body.
Several drugs developed for specific diseases have been found, the use of drugs
with interesting analgesic properties. For example, almost all anticonvulsants /
antiepileptic (including Neurontin), the majority of antidepressants, an
antihypertensive (clonidine) and an antiarrhythmic (the mexiletine) have no
indication for the

Pain Relief
, but provide

relief of pain
to some patients.

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