Diabetes Metab J.  2023 Nov;47(6):743-756. 10.4093/dmj.2023.0018.

Pharmacological and Nonpharmacological Treatments for Painful Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy

• Jang HN
• Oh TJ

• KMID: 2548150
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.4093/dmj.2023.0018

Abstract

Diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN) is one of the most prevalent chronic complications of diabetes. The lifetime prevalence of DPN is thought to be >50%, and 15%–25% of patients with diabetes experience neuropathic pain, referred to as “painful DPN.” Appropriate treatment of painful DPN is important because this pain contributes to a poor quality of life by causing sleep disturbance, anxiety, and depression. The basic principle for the management of painful DPN is to control hyperglycemia and other modifiable risk factors, but these may be insufficient for preventing or improving DPN. Because there is no promising diseasemodifying medication for DPN, the pain itself needs to be managed when treating painful DPN. Drugs for neuropathic pain, such as gabapentinoids, serotonin–norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors, tricyclic antidepressants, alpha-lipoic acid, sodium channel blockers, and topical capsaicin, are used for the management of painful DPN. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved pregabalin, duloxetine, tapentadol, and the 8% capsaicin patch as drugs for the treatment of painful DPN. Recently, spinal cord stimulation using electrical stimulation is approved by the FDA for the treatment for painful DPN. This review describes the currently available pharmacological and nonpharmacological treatments for painful DPN.

Keyword

Capsaicin; Diabetic neuropathies; Duloxetine hydrochloride; Pain; Pregabalin; Spinal cord stimulation; Tapentadol

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  Fig. 1. Pathophysiology and treatment of diabetic peripheral neuropathy. SNRI, serotonin–norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor; TCA, tricyclic antidepressant.

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