Amit Akirov, MD, Author at Clinical Pain Advisor

Migraine With Aura Linked to Increased CVD, Cerebrovascular Risk

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Amit Akirov, MD

February 18, 2020

Migraine headache is associated with increased risk for cardiovascular disease and cerebrovascular events, including ischemic stroke.

Opioid Addiction

Long-Term Neurodevelopmental Effects of Prenatal Opioid Exposure

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Amit Akirov, MD

February 13, 2020

Perinatal exposure to opioids may have significant immune, neural, and behavioral effects that can alter CNS development.

Migraine & Headache

Effect of Galcanezumab on CV Outcomes in Adults With Migraine

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Amit Akirov, MD

February 7, 2020

Treatment with galcanezumab in patients with episodic and chronic migraine does not result in an increased risk of CV events.

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Migraine & Headache

Untreated Migraine Associated With Increased Arterial Stiffness

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Amit Akirov, MD

February 6, 2020

Patients with untreated migraine have increased arterial stiffness and plasma dephosphorylated-uncarboxylated matrix-Gla-protein (dp-ucMGP) levels.

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Migraine & Headache

Subtypes of Major Depression Differentially Associated With Migraine

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Amit Akirov, MD

December 5, 2019

Researchers found evidence for a divergent association between lifetime MDD and the prevalence and severity of symptoms in patients with migraine.

Neuropathic Pain

Clinicopathologic Features of Amphiphysin-IgG Autoimmune Neuropathy

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Amit Akirov, MD

December 3, 2019

Amphiphysin-IgG-mediated autoimmunity is an important clinical entity characterized by neuropathy.

Chronic Pain

Teriparatide Similarly Effective for Fracture Healing, Pain Relief as Vertebroplasty

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Amit Akirov, MD

November 27, 2019

Treatment with either teriparatide or percutaneous vertebroplasty significantly and similarly improved quality of life and reduced pain in patients with acute osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures.

Chronic Pain

GnRH Antagonist Approved for Endometriosis Pain Suppresses Ovulation

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Amit Akirov, MD

November 14, 2019

In healthy women with normal ovulatory function, treatment with elagolix suppressed ovulation in a dose-dependent manner and reduced endometrial thickness at doses used to treat endometriosis pain.