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Vol. 163. Issue 2.
Pages 74-77 (July 2024)
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Vol. 163. Issue 2.
Pages 74-77 (July 2024)
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Use of antidepressants in the treatment of chronic orofacial pain caused by temporomandibular disorders: A randomized controlled clinical trial
Uso de antidepresivos en el tratamiento del dolor orofacial crónico causado por trastornos temporomandibulares: un ensayo clínico controlado y aleatorizado
Bruno Macedo de Sousaa, Antonio López-Valverdeb, Francisco Carameloc, Maria Joao Rodriguesa, Nansi López-Valverdeb,
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a Institute for Occlusion and Orofacial Pain Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
b Department of Surgery, University of Salamanca, Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Salamanca (IBSAL), Salamanca, Spain
c Laboratory of Biostatistics and Medical Informatics, Coimbra, Institute for Clinical and Biomedical Research (iCBR), School of Medicine, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
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Table 1. Statistics (mean, standard deviation, and 95% confidence intervals) of the Visual Analog Scale for pain for the three groups over time.
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Background and objective

Temporomandibular disorders (TMDs) are a common pathology, associated with pain in the facial territory and with associated psychological disorders, such as anxiety and depression. The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of antidepressants in the treatment of pain associated with TMD.

Materials and methods

Sixty four patients suffering from chronic orofacial pain, randomly distributed in 3 groups: control group treated with night splint, group treated with 10mg/day of citalopram and group treated with 25mg/day of amitriptyline. Pain intensity was assessed, randomly, by a single blinded evaluator, according to the VAS at baseline and after one, three, six and nine weeks.

Results

All groups showed a reduction of pain throughout the period of time evaluated, however, the group treated with amitriptyline showed the best pain reduction results 3.3±1.5, 1.5±1.4 and 0.9±1.3 at 3, 6 and 9 weeks, respectively.

Conclusions

Low doses of amitriptyline appear to be a good therapeutic option in patients with TMDs suffering from chronic orofacial pain.

Keywords:
Orofacial pain
Temporomandibular disorders
Antidepressants
Randomized clinical trial
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Antecedentes y objetivo

Los trastornos temporomandibulares (TTM) son una patología frecuente, asociada a dolor en el territorio facial y a trastornos psicológicos asociados, como ansiedad y depresión. El objetivo de este estudio fue evaluar la eficacia de los antidepresivos en el tratamiento del dolor asociado a los TTM.

Materiales y métodos

Un total de 64 pacientes con dolor orofacial crónico, distribuidos aleatoriamente en tres grupos: grupo control, tratado con férula nocturna; grupo tratado con 10mg/día de citalopram, y grupo tratado con 25mg/día de amitriptilina. La intensidad del dolor fue evaluada, aleatoriamente, por un único evaluador ciego, según la EVA al inicio del estudio y después de una, tres, seis y nueve semanas.

Resultados

Todos los grupos mostraron una reducción del dolor a lo largo del periodo de tiempo evaluado; sin embargo, el grupo tratado con amitriptilina mostró los mejores resultados de reducción del dolor: 3,3±1,5, 1,5±1,4 y 0,9±1,3 a las 3, 6 y 9semanas, respectivamente.

Conclusiones

Las dosis bajas de amitriptilina parecen ser una buena opción terapéutica en pacientes con TTM que sufren dolor orofacial crónico.

Palabras clave:
Dolor orofacial
Trastornos temporomandibulares
Antidepresivos
Ensayo clínico aleatorizado

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