Question

A 60-year-old man with a 10-year history of type 2 diabetes presents with numbness and tingling in a glove-and-stocking distribution. What is the first-line recommended pharmacological treatment for painful diabetic peripheral neuropathy according to NICE?

Accepted Answer

Duloxetine

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Amitriptyline

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Gabapentin

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Tramadol

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Topical capsaicin

Practice question

A 60-year-old man with a 10-year history of type 2 diabetes presents with numbness and tingling in a glove-and-stocking distribution. What is the first-line recommended pharmacological treatment for painful diabetic peripheral neuropathy according to NICE?