Review Article

Therapeutic Approaches for Peripheral and Central Neuropathic Pain

Table 1

The IASP classification of chronic pain [35].

Chronic pain
Chronic primary pain syndromesChronic secondary pain syndromes

Chronic widespread painChronic cancer-related pain
Complex regional pain syndromeChronic postsurgical or posttraumatic pain
Chronic NP
Chronic primary headache or orofacial painChronic secondary headache or orofacial pain
Chronic primary visceral painChronic secondary visceral pain
Chronic primary musculoskeletal painChronic secondary musculoskeletal pain

Abbreviation: NP = neuropathic pain.