Tricyclic antidepressants (TCAs) are a class of drugs largely developed as antidepressants but are also used, mostly off-label, for analgesic indications including postherpetic neuralgia, diabetic neuropathy (DN), fibromyalgia, back pain, and cancer related pain. Amitriptyline is the most well-studied TCA for pain; doxepin, imipramine, nortriptyline, and desipramine have been used as analgesics as well. This Fast Fact reviews the analgesic role of TCAs as a medication class.
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