Adjuvant Analgesics provides practical information on the use of adjuvant analgesics such as antidepressants and anticonvulsants, for management of various types of pain such as chronic, postoperative, cancer-related, neuropathic and fibromyalgia pain.

• 1. Overview of Pain Management


• 2. Classification of Analgesics


• 3. Antidepressants Analgesics


• 4. Analgesic Anticonvulsants


• 5. Cannabinoids as Adjuvant Analgesics


• 6. Local Anesthetics


• 7. NMDA Antagonists as Analgesic Adjuvants


• 8. Topical Adjuvant Analgesics


• 9. Choice of Analgesic Based on Type of Pain


• 9.1 Drug Treatment of Neuropathic Pain


• 9.2 Adjuvant Analgesics for Cancer-related Pain


• 9.3 Rheumatic Pain and Fibromyalgia


• 9.4 Acute Postoperative Pain


• 10. Drug-drug Interactions of Adjuvant Analgesic Agents


• David R.P. Guay

Dr. David Lussier is and Assistant Professor of Medicine at the University Institute of Geriatrics of Montreal, University of Montreal and the Alan-Edwards Centre for Research in Pain at McGill University, in Montréal, Quebec, Canada. Dr. Pierre Beaulieu is an Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Pharmacology at the University of Montreal and The Hospital of the University of Montreal in Montréal, Quebec, Canada.