What medications are subscribed for neuropathic pain?
Typical medications that are prescribed for neuropathic pain are either in the class of anti-seizure medications or antidepressant medications. The reason these medications are used to treat neuropathic pain is because they work. They don’t work for everyone, and we often have to try a lot of different medications to find the right one for that particular person. In prescribing them for neuropathic pain, they are in off-label use and they are not being used for the purpose they were manufactured for. As a result we don’t have as delineated a treatment plan.
