USE OF AN ANTAGONIST ANTI-NERVE GROWTH FACTOR IN THE PREPARATION OF MEDICAMENTS FOR TREATING POST-SURGICAL PAIN, PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS AND KITS COMPRISING THE SAME

摘要

The invention features methods and compositions for preventing or treating pain resulting from surgery or an incision by administering an antagonist of nerve growth factor (NGF). The NGF antagonist may be an anti-NGF (such as anti-hNGF) antibody that is capable of binding hNGF.