Update on neuropathic pain treatment: ion channel blockers and gabapentinoids.

abstract：:Whiplash injuries are very common and usually are associated with rear-end collisions. However, a whiplash injury can be caused by any event that results in hyperextension and flexion of the cervical spine. These injuries are of serious concern to all consumers due to escalating cost of diagnosis, treatment, insurance...

journal_title：Current pain and headache reports

authors： Malanga G,Peter J

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Neuromyelitis optica (NMO) classically features a clinical presentation that includes longitudinally extensive transverse myelitis and optic neuritis. However, many other pathognomonic phenomena have more recently been described in patients diagnosed with NMO, including intractable hiccups, vomiting, ...

journal_title：Current pain and headache reports

authors： Masters-Israilov A,Robbins MS

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic pain is a complex disorder to which medical and psychological factors both contribute and react. While there are numerous chronic pain conditions, they share certain experiences. This review examines some of the psychological factors that are common to the pain experience and some of the psychologically-based ...

journal_title：Current pain and headache reports

authors： Kaiser RS,Mooreville M,Kannan K

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Chronic venous disease (CVD), although affecting up to 40% of the US population, is often underdiagnosed by healthcare professionals due to an incomplete understanding of the presenting symptoms. CVD is a common cause of lower extremity pain and discomfort, including aching, cramping, tingling, burnin...

journal_title：Current pain and headache reports

authors： Novak CJ,Khimani N,Kaye AD,Jason Yong R,Urman RD

更新日期：2019-03-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Migraine and stroke are related in more than one way. Migraine with aura is a risk factor for ischemic stroke in women under age 45 years, particularly when combined with other risk factors such as smoking and oral contraceptives. Further, individuals with migraine with aura seem to have more white matter lesions and ...

journal_title：Current pain and headache reports

authors： Laurell K,Lundström E

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A greater understanding of the mechanisms that produce chronic pain states has led to a search for novel agents with the potential to produce analgesia by directly modulating specific processes involved in the transduction, transmission, modulation, perception, and encoding of pain. It is hoped that compounds directed...

journal_title：Current pain and headache reports

authors： Hewitt DJ

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neurones in the trigeminocervical complex are the major relay neurones for nociceptive afferent input from the meninges and cervical structures; therefore, they are the neural substrates of head pain. This review highlights the importance of two basic mechanisms in headache physiology: convergence of nociceptive affer...

journal_title：Current pain and headache reports

authors： Bartsch T,Goadsby PJ

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the comorbidity of migraine has been extensively studied, the relationships between cluster headache and psychiatric disease have not been well-addressed. In this review the available literature concerning cluster headache and depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, aggression, suicide, and their implications ...

journal_title：Current pain and headache reports

authors： Robbins MS

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The experience of chronic pain can be associated with significant distress and disability; however, this is not always the case. Although attempts to control or reduce pain can be helpful for many pain sufferers, on some occasions this is not an effective option and a different response is required. This different res...

journal_title：Current pain and headache reports

authors： McCracken LM,Vowles KE

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cluster headache was first described over 300 years ago, but in the last century our knowledge of the disorder has exploded through both clinical observation and epidemiological data. Although some of the data are conflicting and more need to be obtained, much is known about the disorder. This article reviews the data...

journal_title：Current pain and headache reports

authors： Broner SW,Cohen JM

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:New daily persistent headache (NDPH), which is the acute onset of headache within 3 days and is persistent for 15 days or more each month for at least 3 months, is a predominantly female heterogeneous subtype of chronic daily headache, typically with migraine features of unknown etiology. NDPH may be a presentation of...

journal_title：Current pain and headache reports

authors： Evans RW

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Involvement by psychiatrists in the care of patients who are terminally ill has been limited historically; however, psychiatrists increasingly are participating in the care of these people who are facing the most challenging times of their lives. Pain management is considered to be an area of subspecialization for psy...

journal_title：Current pain and headache reports

authors： Cole BE

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:To identify the efficacy of radiofrequency ablation of pericranial nerves in treating headache. RECENT FINDINGS:Recent studies by the same group showed promising results in treating headache using radiofrequency ablation. Pericranial nerves can be a therapeutic target for treating headache. Our resul...

journal_title：Current pain and headache reports

authors： Abd-Elsayed A,Falls C,Luo S

更新日期：2020-03-12 00:00:00

abstract：:The understanding of migraine pathophysiology has evolved from the belief that migraine is a vascular disorder, to evidence that better defines migraine as a neurogenic disorder associated with secondary changes in brain perfusion. There is evidence to suggest that the early phase of migraine pain results from neuroge...

journal_title：Current pain and headache reports

authors： Biondi DM

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:The purpose of the present systematic review is to provide a current understanding of the mechanism of action and the evidence available to support clinical decision-making. The focus is to summarize randomized controlled trials (RCTs) and nonrandomized or observational studies of spinal cord stimulat...

journal_title：Current pain and headache reports

authors： Vallejo R,Gupta A,Cedeno DL,Vallejo A,Smith WJ,Thomas SM,Benyamin R,Kaye AD,Manchikanti L

更新日期：2020-09-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Tension-type headache is the most common primary headache disorder seen in adults. Although the prevalence peaks in the fourth and fifth decades of life, significant fractions of the elderly continue to experience either episodic or chronic tension-type headaches. Many secondary headache disorders may present with hea...

journal_title：Current pain and headache reports

authors： Kaniecki RG

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hormonal and nonhormonal factors play a role in the pathophysiology of menstrual migraine, but estrogen withdrawal appears to be the most potent of these factors. It is postulated that estrogen withdrawal directly enhances excitability of trigeminal afferents, modulates the synthesis of neuropeptides, activates/deacti...

journal_title：Current pain and headache reports

authors： Martin VT

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Total knee arthroplasty traditionally has been associated with significant postoperative pain that can limit recovery and prolong hospital length of stay. Recently, however, due to financial pressures and an emphasis on improving patient satisfaction, many institutions are implementing outpatient and ...

journal_title：Current pain and headache reports

authors： Cullom C,Weed JT

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The lumbar spine forms the foundation and infrastructure of an organic skyscraper equipped with the physiologic capacity to act as a crane for lifting and a crankshaft for walking. Subjected to aging like other "human machinery," the lumbar spine adapts to the wear and tear of gravity and biomechanical loading through...

journal_title：Current pain and headache reports

authors： Wheeler AH,Murrey DB

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Health care professionals caring for neonates (birth to 28 days of life) and infants up to 1 year of age have a professional and ethical responsibility to provide safe and effective pain management during painful procedures. Despite 14 years of research reports highlighting that sick infants are exposed to large numbe...

journal_title：Current pain and headache reports

authors： Harrison D,Yamada J,Stevens B

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article describes the current and investigational agents for use in the treatment of acute pain. The use of spinal and epidural routes also are discussed. ...

journal_title：Current pain and headache reports

authors： Bowen G,Viscusi ER,Andonakakis A

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tension-type headache (TTH) is the most common type of headache in the general population, including individuals over the age of 65 years. Although the prevalence of migraine decreases markedly with age, TTH has a greater tendency to persist later in life. Less commonly, TTH can present for the first time after the ag...

journal_title：Current pain and headache reports

authors： Crystal SC,Grosberg BM

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Significant improvement of neuropathic pain has been achieved with studies that have demonstrated efficacy of newer anticonvulsants in relieving this type of pain, by having a neuromodulatory effect on the hyperexcitable damaged nervous system. Two drugs from this class, gabapentin and lamotrigine, have been submitted...

journal_title：Current pain and headache reports

authors： Backonja M

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN) is a major concern in oncology practice given the increasing number of cancer survivors and the lack of effective treatment. The incidence of peripheral neuropathy depends upon the anticancer drug used, but is commonly under-reported in clinical trials. Several animal ...

journal_title：Current pain and headache reports

authors： Ferrier J,Pereira V,Busserolles J,Authier N,Balayssac D

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The association of traumatic exposures with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other mental health conditions is well known. Patients with chronic pain, particularly headache disorders and fibromyalgia (FM), associated with psychological traumas need a special management strategy. Diagnosis of headache disorders...

journal_title：Current pain and headache reports

authors： Peres JF,Gonçalves AL,Peres MF

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pain is a feared component of cancer for a patient. The patient's prior experience with cancer pain will affect how he or she deals with ongoing and acute onset new pain. Radiation therapy has been and continues to be a major component in the management of cancer pain. New technologies are rapidly becoming available t...

journal_title：Current pain and headache reports

authors： Rockhill JK

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF THE REVIEW:The goals of this review are to evaluate recent studies regarding comorbidity between migraine and different metabolic and endocrine disorders and to discuss the role of insulin resistance as a common pathogenetic mechanism of these diseases. RECENT FINDINGS:Recently, several studies showed that ...

journal_title：Current pain and headache reports

authors： Rainero I,Govone F,Gai A,Vacca A,Rubino E

更新日期：2018-04-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Whereas most pain due to cancer can be relieved with relatively simple methods using oral analgesics, as suggested by WHO guidelines, some patients may have difficult pain situations that require more complex approaches. It is estimated that 10-20 % of cancer patients suffer from pain that is not easily relieved. Ther...

journal_title：Current pain and headache reports

authors： Mercadante S

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cancer pain is a well-documented and prevalent healthcare problem, with current treatment strategies often failing to achieve acceptable efficacy. One of the major difficulties in treating cancer pain owes to the complex interplay between the cancer microenvironment, cancer therapy, and the body's own responses to the...

journal_title：Current pain and headache reports

authors： Nashed MG,Balenko MD,Singh G

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic pain affects more individuals than does cancer, heart disease, and diabetes combined. Yet, our treatment options remain remarkably limited. Often, highly effective psychotherapeutic approaches are limited by many barriers such as access, reimbursement, and acceptability; however, resilience-based positive acti...

journal_title：Current pain and headache reports

authors： Hassett AL,Finan PH

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00