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When Analgesics Aren't Enough

Some pain doesn't answer to an analgesic. Burning, electric, nerve-damage pain barely notices an opioid — but it answers to an antidepressant or an anticonvulsant. And a migraine needs a drug aimed at the trigeminal nerve and its vessels, not a stronger painkiller. Tap a drug — or tap a site on the diagram — to see where it acts and what you watch for.

The pain circuit

Tap any band to read what happens there.
Adjuvants & migraine drugspick a drug or a site
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