Benefits of antidepressants ‘unclear’ for chronic pain in older patients: Aussie study
Dr Cathy Andronis says it is important that patients have ‘realistic’ expectations for the drugs.
Antidepressants are widely prescribed to patients aged 65 and older for chronic pain but there is little evidence of benefits, Australian researchers say.
Their meta-analysis included 15 trials with a total of 1300 participants aged over 65 and found that the benefits of antidepressants for most chronic pain conditions were unclear.
