ALLMedicine™ Chronic Pain Center

Jan 16th, 2022 - Conventional transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) has been reported to effectively alleviate chronic pain, including phantom limb pain (PLP). Recently, literature has focused on modulated TENS patterns, such as pulse width modulation...

Jan 16th, 2022 - Patients suffering from persistent COVID-19 olfactory dysfunction (OD) commonly report parosmia. Understanding the impact of COVID-19 OD and parosmia is critical to prioritizing research and interventions. This study investigates the impact of par...

Jan 16th, 2022 - Over recent years there has been increasing clinical interest in the relationship between chronic pain and cognitive function. There are very few studies on individuals with low back pain (LBP) in the literature, which has remained under-researche...

Jan 15th, 2022 - The experience of pain and pain behaviors is not only determined by physiological but also psychosocial factors. In this context, the learning history of the individual and specifically operant reinforcement related to spouse responses might play ...

Jan 15th, 2022 - The yin and yang of pragmatic clinical trials of behavioral interventions for chronic pain: balancing design features to maximize impact.|2022|Keefe FJ,Jensen MP,Williams ACC,George SZ,|

Sep 10th, 2021 - What is the role of medical cannabis or cannabinoids for people living with chronic pain due to cancer or non-cancer causes? Chronic pain is common and distressing and associated with considerable socioeconomic burden globally. Medical cannabis is...

Apr 23rd, 2021 - Chronic pain (primary and secondary) in over 16s: summary of NICE guidance.|2021|Carville S,Constanti M,Kosky N,Stannard C,Wilkinson C,|therapeutic use,psychology,therapy,methods,methods,methods,

Apr 19th, 2021 - There are significant concerns regarding prescription and misuse of prescription opioids in the perioperative period. The Faculty of Pain Medicine at the Royal College of Anaesthetists have produced this evidence-based expert consensus guideline o...

Jan 3rd, 2021 - Opioids are mainly used to treat both acute and chronic pain. Several opioids are metabolized to some extent by CYP2D6 (codeine, tramadol, hydrocodone, oxycodone, and methadone). Polymorphisms in CYP2D6 have been studied for an association with th...

Sep 19th, 2020 - The COVID-19 pandemic has worsened the pain and suffering of chronic pain patients due to stoppage of "elective" interventional pain management and office visits across the United States. The reopening of America and restarting of interventional t...

Jan 14th, 2022 - Neuropathic pain following traumatic brachial plexus injuries is a common and debilitating problem that has been reported in up to 64-75% of patients. Neuropathic pain is difficult to treat, particularly when secondary to avulsion injuries of the ...

Jan 13th, 2022 - Symptomatic osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common joint disease and the leading cause of disability in industrialized countries. Therapeutic approaches to prevent the development and progression of osteoarthritis are disappointing and very limite...

Jan 13th, 2022 - This is a Phase 2b randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, dose-response study in subjects with painful osteoarthritis (OA) of the knee. The study will assess the safety and efficacy of multiple doses of MEDI7352 compared to placebo, as well...

Jan 13th, 2022 - Pain continues to be a major problem in patients with advanced cancer. Resiniferatoxin (RTX), a potent member of the family of drugs that includes capsaicin, selectively and irreversibly destroys the neurons (or their axons) transmitting chronic p...

Jan 13th, 2022 - Cancer-induced bone pain (CIBP) is a common clinical problem. While primary osteosarcoma is relatively uncommon, bone metastases frequently cause cancer-related pain with metastatic spread to bone in 60-84% of cases. Resiniferatoxin (RTX) is an ul...

Jan 7th, 2022 - Lower back pain (LBP) affects an estimated 9. 4% of the global population and has resulted in more years lived with disability than any other health condition.

Jan 7th, 2022 - A portable neuromodulation device can put the user in a meditative state with the potential to ease chronic pain, according to its teenage inventors. The Fluxwear Shift pulses electromagnetic energy into the user's brain, synchronizing neurons in ...

Jan 6th, 2022 - A small, open-label, randomized trial of patients with chronic pain from hip and knee osteoarthritis in the Netherlands shows that adding duloxetine to usual care doesn't significantly improve clinical outcomes. The results, published on Jan. 6 in...

Jan 4th, 2022 - The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved updated labeling that expands MRI compatibility for Abbot’s Proclaim XR spinal cord stimulation (SCS) system, the company announced. The FDA originally approved the Proclaim XR neurostimulatio...

Dec 30th, 2021 - As part of an investigation into substance use among nurses amid the pandemic, MedPage Today asked experts and peer support advocates how to identify a nurse who might be struggling with alcohol or drugs and how best to help connect them to care. ...