Neuropathic Pain in Aged People: An Unresolved Issue Open to Novel Drug Approaches, Focusing on Painful Diabetic Neuropathy


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A majority of older patients suffer from neuropathic pain (NP) that significantly alters their daily activities and imposes a significant burden on health care. Multiple comorbidities and the risk of polypharmacy in the elderly make it challenging to determine the appropriate drug, dosage, and maintenance of therapy. Age-dependent processes play a contributing role in neuropathy given that diabetic neuropathy (DN) is the most common form of neuropathy. This narrative review is mainly focused on the drug treatment approach for neuropathy-associated pain in aged people including both drugs and dietary supplements, considering the latter as add-on mechanism-based treatments to increase the effectiveness of usual treatments by implementing their activity or activating other analgesic pathways. On one hand, the limited clinical studies assessing the effectiveness and the adverse effects of existing pain management options in this age segment of the population (> 65), on the other hand, the expanding global demographics of the elderly contribute to building up an unresolved pain management problem that needs the attention of healthcare providers, researchers, and health authorities as well as the expansion of the current therapeutic options.

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Nicoletta Marchesi

Department of Drug Sciences, Section of Pharmacology, University of Pavia

Author for correspondence.
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Foroogh Fahmideh

Department of Drug Sciences, Section of Pharmacology, University of Pavia

Email: info@benthamscience.net

Alessia Pascale

Department of Drug Sciences, Section of Pharmacology, University of Pavia

Email: info@benthamscience.net

Massimo Allegri

, Ensemble Hospitalier de la Cote - Centre Lemanique d’antalgie et Neuromodulation

Email: info@benthamscience.net

Stefano Govoni

Department of Drug Sciences, Section of Pharmacology, University of Pavia

Email: info@benthamscience.net

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