Scientists Warn ‘No Reliable Evidence’ Antidepressants Can Treat Chronic Pain

Scientists Warn ‘No Reliable Evidence’ Antidepressants Can Treat Chronic Pain
A staff member sorts through drugs drugs while filling a prescription at the Clay-Battelle Community Health Center's pharmacy in Blacksville, W.Va., on March 21, 2017. Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images
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Scientists have warned many antidepressants given to UK chronic pain patients are being prescribed without adequate evidence of their effectiveness.

A major investigation into medications has found that despite hundreds of thousands of people being given recommended drugs to manage long-term pain, there is “no reliable evidence” for their long-term safety or reliability.

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