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A Systematic Review into the Influence of Temperature on Fibromyalgia Pain: Meteorological Studies and Quantitative Sensory Testing.

Jan 11, 2021

Fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) is a chronic widespread pain condition of unknown aetiology. The role of temperature in FMS pain has not been reviewed systematically. The goal of this study was to review ...

Valproic acid mitigates spinal nerve ligation-induced neuropathic pain in rats by modulating microglial function and inhibiting neuroinflammatory response.

Jan 11, 2021

Spinal inflammation is a pathophysiological state of neuropathic pain (NP). The subsequent microglial activation and neuroinflammatory response are contributing factors for long-lasting behavioral hyp...

Prescription Opioid Use and Laboratory Value Derangements: A Cross-Sectional Analysis of NHANES Data.

Jan 07, 2021

The use of opioids for the treatment of pain is a risk versus benefit analysis and metabolic disease is an often overlooked variable in the equation and may lead to increased risk of comorbidities of ...

Novel curcumin analog (Cis-Trans Curcumin) as ligand to adenosine receptors A and A: potential for therapeutics.

Jan 07, 2021

All four of the adenosine receptor (AR) subtypes mediate pain and have been targeted by pharmacologists to generate new therapeutics for chronic pain. The vanilloid phytochemicals, which include curcu...

Prevalence of childhood maltreatment among people with opioid use disorder: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Jan 07, 2021

Experience of childhood maltreatment (CM) is a risk factor for opioid use disorder (OUD). CM is also associated with comorbid mental disorders and poor treatment outcomes among people with OUD. To our...

Characteristics of pain in patients with pituitary adenomas: a cross-sectional study.

Jan 07, 2021

This study determines the prevalence and particularities of headache and pain with neuropathic characteristics (NC) in a large French group of patients with pituitary adenoma (PA).Analysis of validate...

Long-term efficacy and safety of erenumab in migraine prevention: results from a 5-year, open-label treatment phase of a randomized clinical trial.

Jan 07, 2021

Although erenumab has demonstrated significant reduction in migraine frequency and improved quality of life in studies lasting 3-12 months, little is known about long-term therapy.Open-label, 5-year t...

Sphenopalatine Ganglion Nerve Block for the Treatment of Migraine Headaches in the Pediatric Population.

Jan 07, 2021

Persistent headaches and migraines are common in pediatrics with various treatment options. The sphenopalatine ganglion (SPG) has been identified as communicating with the parasympathetic autonomic ne...

Suicidal Ideation Profiles in Patients with Fibromyalgia Using Transdiagnostic Psychological and Fibromyalgia-Associated Variables.

Jan 07, 2021

Several studies have emphasized the heterogeneity of fibromyalgia patients. Furthermore, fibromyalgia patients are considered a high-risk suicide group. The ideation-to-action framework proposes a set...

Fibromyalgia Pain and Depression: An Update on the Role of Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation.

Jan 07, 2021

Fibromyalgia is a musculoskeletal pain of different parts of the body, which is also associated with fatigue, lack of sleep, cognition deficits, family history, gender bias, and other disorders such a...

Cannabidiol Use for Fibromyalgia: Prevalence of Use and Perceptions of Effectiveness in a Large Online Survey.

Jan 07, 2021

Cannabidiol (CBD) is widely advertised as helpful for chronic pain management but research is limited. Using a cross-sectional, anonymous survey, we examined patterns of naturalistic CBD use among ind...

Differences in movement limitations in different low back pain severity in functional tests using an RGB-D camera.

Jan 07, 2021

Low back pain (LBP) can lead to motor control disturbance which can be one of the causes of reoccurrence of the complaint. It is important to improve our knowledge of movement related disturbances dur...

Systemic effect of FHL1 on neuromuscular junction and myotube formation via insulin-like growth factor and myostatin signaling pathways.

Jan 07, 2021

Four-and-a-half LIM domain protein 1 (FHL1) is a member of the FHL protein family that serves as a scaffold protein to maintain normal cellular structure and function. Its mutations have been implicat...

Capsaicin: Plants of the Genus Capsicum and Positive Effect of Oriental Spice on Skin Health.

Jan 07, 2021

Capsaicin, the main pungent ingredient in hot chili peppers, causes excitation of small sensory neurons. It also provides the basic pungent flavor in Capsicum fruits.Capsaicin plays a vital role as an...

Generalization of placebo pain relief.

Jan 07, 2021

Efficacy of treatment is heavily dependent on experience and expectations. Moreover, humans can generalize from one experience to a perceptually similar but novel situation. We investigated whether an...

Does aerobic exercise training alter responses to opioid analgesics in individuals with chronic low back pain?: a randomized controlled trial.

Jan 07, 2021

We tested whether aerobic exercise training altered morphine analgesic responses or reduced morphine dosages necessary for adequate analgesia. Chronic back pain patients were randomized to an 18-sessi...

Voluntary wheel running improves outcomes in an early life stress-induced model of urologic chronic pelvic pain syndrome in male mice.

Jan 07, 2021

Patients with a history of early life stress (ELS) exposure have an increased risk of developing chronic pain and mood disorders later in life. The severity of ELS in patients with urologic chronic pe...

How should we treat palindromic rheumatism? A systematic literature review.

Jan 07, 2021

To perform a systematic literature review (SLR) analysing all studies that reported on the efficacy and safety of pharmacological treatments for palindromic rheumatism (PR).We performed a SLR using Pu...

Risk of solid cancers overall and by subtypes in patients with psoriatic arthritis treated with TNF inhibitors - a Nordic cohort study.

Jan 07, 2021

To investigate whether TNF inhibitors (TNFi) are associated with increased risk of solid cancer in patients with psoriatic arthritis (PsA).From the Nordic clinical rheumatology registers (CRR) here: S...

The JANUS of chronic inflammatory and autoimmune diseases onset during COVID-19 - A systematic review of the literature.

Jan 07, 2021

The diverse clinical manifestations of COVID-19 is emerging as a hallmark of the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection. While the initial target of SARS-CoV-2 is the r...

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