Contact Login Branches all over the world Society Products Research and Development Pain management Print Collaborations Work and Career » Home » Pain Management » Chronic Pain » Pathophysiology & Conditions » Neuropathic Pain Learn more about Pathophysiology & Conditions Lower back pain Arthrosis Neuropathic pain Neuropathic pain Involvement of the nervous system Neuropathic pain is characterized by partial or complete damage to the peripheral or central nervous system and by the appearance of pain and sensitization phenomena in the denervated and surrounding areas. 1 These phenomena are found in different etiologically conditions and in different locations of the nerve lesion. There is rarely a single mechanism responsible for the entire neuropathic pain process. 2.3 Treatment of neuropathic pain is complex, although new therapies are available, and there is no single therapy that can manage all the triggers. 1 Jensen TS, Gottrup H, Sindrup SH, Bach FW: The clinical picture of neuropathic pain. European Journal of pharmacology, 2001; 429: 1-11 2 Jensen TS, Baron R: Translation of symptoms and signs into mechanisms in neuropathic pain. Pain, 2003; 102: 1-8 3 Woolfe CJ: Dissecting out mechanisms responsible for peripheral neuropathic pain: implications for diagnosis and therapy. Life Sciences, 2004; 74: 2605-2610 Information for ... Doctors or Pharmacists Journalists Candidates All about pain Report the pain Differences between men and women My pain seems Who we are Society Research and development Working in Grünenthal Work and Career Service Contact Sitemap Affiliates all over the world Print Grünenthal 2021 © Imprint Information on privacy Disclaimer of Liability Safety, health and environment policy