Neuropathic pain is not adequately treated in the older general population: Results from the KORA F4 survey.
Christa MeisingerBrenda W C BongaertsMargit HeierUte AmannBernd KowallChristian HerderIna-Maria Rückert-EhebergWolfgang RathmannDan ZieglerPublished in: Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety (2018)
In the older general population, only a small proportion of subjects with painful DSPN receive analgesic pharmacotherapy. Although not recommended by guidelines for the treatment of neuropathic pain, NSAIDs were the most frequently used class of analgesic drugs.