Posted by Elizabeth on May 16, 2001, at 17:00:37
In reply to Re: To Eric » Cecilia, posted by Michele on May 13, 2001, at 0:19:20
> There is pysical pain, and there is mental pain. They are different. I believe that's why they probably make different drugs for each. :-)
Do you think that the mind is not the result of activity originating in the body? Or that the body above the neck is fundamentally different than that below? Or that there isn't any overlap between centrally and peripherally acting drugs?
The type of pain you're referring to as "physical pain" is more properly called "nocioceptive pain" to distinguish it from the pain of, say, depression. And there are many possible causes of nocioceptive pain, some of which originate centrally, not peripherally. Conversely, the peripheral actions of such "mental" drugs as Tegretol have resulted in their widespread use for "physical pain" that is of neuropathic origin.
-elizabeth
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