Jessica Martin

Patients with insomnia should be evaluated using standardized tools and treated with nonpharmacological and pharmacological interventions.

Weight loss was shown to decrease diffuse pain and symptom severity related to pain, with more reductions observed with greater weight loss.

Lasmiditan may be effective in the acute treatment of headache pain and most bothersome related symptoms in patients experiencing migraine attacks.

Patients with myalgic encephalomyelitis or chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) were shown to have a differential cytokine signature compared with healthy controls.

In patients with rheumatoid arthritis, vitamin D deficiency was shown to be associated with increased neuropathic pain.

The stimulation of the transient receptor potential vanilloid 1 receptor may explain the benefits of capsaicin and hot water hydrotherapy in patients experiencing cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome.

Participation in a pilot functional medicine clinic decreased perceived stress and joint and muscle symptoms in veterans with chronic pain.

In patients with opioid-induced constipation, naldemedine was shown to improve patient assessment of symptoms and quality of life.

Opioid treatment of acute postoperative pain was shown to cause high rates of postoperative nausea and vomiting, particularly in women and younger patients.

Lidocaine infusions were shown to provide long-lasting and adequate analgesia in 41% of patients with chronic pain.