Optimal Management of Post-mastectomy Pain Syndrome
WEBMar 8, 2017 · Between 25% and 60% of women develop chronic neuropathic pain after mastectomy, a condition known as post-mastectomy pain syndrome (PMPS). 1 Pain associated with PMPS manifests in the anterior ...
Reviewing Off-Label Uses of Gabapentinoids - Clinical Pain Advisor
WEBJul 3, 2019 · As part of current efforts to reduce unnecessary opioid consumption, clinicians have increasingly prescribed gabapentinoids for a range of pain disorders. 1 The use of these agents more than ...
Intravenous Lidocaine Safe, Effective for Chronic Pain
WEBAugust 30, 2017. Lidocaine infusions were shown to provide long-lasting and adequate analgesia in 41% of patients with chronic pain, and to be associated with mild side effects in a study recently ...
Transdermal to Buccal Buprenorphine Transition - Clinical Pain …
WEBOctober 24, 2017. In a recent study published in Pain Medicine, pharmacokinetic modeling showed that transitioning patients from transdermal to buccal formulations of buprenorphine can be done ...
The Functional Pain Scale is a Reliable Measure of Pain
WEBOctober 21, 2021. A prospective, observational, single-center, cohort study found that the Functional Pain Scale (FPS) was a reliable and consistent marker of pain. These findings were published ...
Methocarbamol Use Associated With Higher Postoperative Pain …
WEBJul 20, 2023 · Researchers recruited a total of 9089 patients who underwent surgery involving the musculoskeletal system and required a postoperative hospital admission lasting at least 48 hours. Among them, 704 ...
Lidocaine Patch for Postoperative Pain Can Be Used in Multimodal ...
WEBJul 14, 2023 · The use of lidocaine patches for postoperative pain is beneficial and can also reduce the use of opioids but not significantly increase patient satisfaction related to pain control. Lidocaine ...
Pregabalin vs Gabapentin for Neuropathic Pain to Achieve …
WEBSep 14, 2017 · The researchers reviewed 1550 charts, which included patients receiving either gabapentin (n=151) or pregabalin (n=151). Average final doses for gabapentin and pregabalin were 1067.1 ± 680.4 mg ...
High- vs Low-Frequency Spinal Cord Stimulation for the Long …
WEBSep 21, 2016 · Paresthesia-free spinal cord stimulation (SCS) with 10-kHz high-frequency (HF10) therapy was superior to traditional SCS for long-term treatment of intractable back and leg pain, according to a ...
Recommendations for the Management of Chronic Visceral Pain
WEBJul 5, 2016 · Originally developed for use in cancer pain, the ladder comprises 3 steps. The first step on the ladder involves the use of non-opioid analgesics. If pain increases or persists, clinicians ...
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