[Prescription of antidepressants in the treatment of pain: role of pharmacogenetics].

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Antidepressants, mainly tricyclic and non-selective reuptake inhibitors of serotonin antidepressants, are part of the treatment of chronic pain. The management is complicated by a large interindividual variability of efficacy and tolerance. Important part of this variability is associated with nucleotide polymorphisms of genes encoding enzymes involved in the pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of these...

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