Low-Dose Oral Prednisolone Reduces Finger Pain in Hand Osteoarthritis
Data from a study investigating the efficacy and safety of 6-week low-dose prednisolone in patients with painful hand osteoarthritis were presented at the 2019 ACR Annual Meeting.
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Daily Cannabis Use Tied to Lower Illicit Opioid Use for Chronic Pain
Individuals with chronic pain who use daily cannabis have lower odds of using illicit opioids.
Clinicopathologic Features of Amphiphysin-IgG Autoimmune Neuropathy
Amphiphysin-IgG-mediated autoimmunity is an important clinical entity characterized by neuropathy.
Teriparatide Similarly Effective for Fracture Healing, Pain Relief as Vertebroplasty
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.
Specific Score Identifies Potential Pain Duration in Musculoskeletal Disorders
Findings confirm that high painDETECT scores can be found in nearly all musculoskeletal conditions, are associated with much longer duration of daily pain, and can occur early after the onset of the current pain episode, but may not worsen over time.
Cannabis May Be Effective for Endometriosis-Related Pain
In an online survey, women reported that cannabis was effective in reducing pain and other symptoms related to endometriosis.
Chronic Pain Conditions Successfully Classified Using Proposed ICD-11 Criteria
Researchers successfully classified most participants with chronic pain according to the proposed classification of chronic pain in the ICD-11 and found that participants did not benefit from self-management chronic pain programs.
Review Does Not Support Hypothesis of Bimodality in Clinical Pain Trials
Researchers found no evidence that changes in pain intensity scores in duloxetine-treated or pregabalin-treated patients have the strikingly bimodal distribution depicted in previous studies.
Hospitalization for IBD Does Not Improve Pain Outcomes Despite Opioid Use
Despite a high prevalence of opioid consumption, pain related to IBD was not well controlled during hospitalization.
Chronic Axial Pain Prevalent in Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Chronic axial pain history was indicated in about 25% of patients with inflammatory bowel disease.
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