Dr. Charles Argoff on a Mechanisms-Based Approach to Neuropathic Pain

Описание: Charles Argoff, MD, from the Albany Medical Center, in Albany, NY, describes the "mechanisms-based approach to neuropathic pain" and how it it is useful for assessment and diagnosis.

Dr. Argoff says it's important to realize that no two individuals, even if they have the same type of clinical syndromes, have the same mechanisms underlying their condition. There are many ways for nerves, once they're injured or no longer working properly, to display that type of behavior. Various normal mechanisms may be interrupted and become abnormal.

A mechanism-based approach identifying and clarifying neuropathic pain helps to predict which treatments are going to be most helpful.