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Most antidepressants prescribed for chronic pain lack reliable evidence of efficacy or safety, scientists warn
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Most antidepressants prescribed for chronic pain lack reliable evidence of efficacy or safety, scientists warn

by University of Southampton Credit: CC0 Public Domain Most antidepressants used for chronic pain are being prescribed with “insufficient” evidence of their effectiveness, scientists have warned. A major investigation into medications used to manage long-term pain has found that harms of many of the commonly recommended drugs have not been well studied. Published in the Cochrane Database...