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Validation and clinical application of the screener and opioid assessment for patients with pain (SOAPP)
Akbik H, Butler SF, Budman SH, Fernandez K, Katz NP, Jamison RN.
J Pain Symptom Manage.
2006;32:287-293.
KEYWORDS:
Chronic pain
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Opioids
The role of sodium channels in chronic inflammatory and neuropathic pain
Amir R, Argoff CE, Bennett GJ, et al.
J Pain.
2006;7(5 Suppl 3):S1-S29.
KEYWORDS:
Neuropathic pain
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Sodium channels
Consensus guidelines: treatment planning and options; diabetic peripheral neuropathic pain
Argoff CE, Backonja M-M, Belgrade MJ, et al.
Mayo Clin Proc.
2006;81(4 suppl):S12-S25.
KEYWORDS:
Neuropathic pain
Duloxetine in the treatment of fibromyalgia in women: results from two clinical trials
Arnold LM, Rosen AS, D'Souza D, Detke MJ, Iyengar S, Wernicke J.
Poster presented at: Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Pain Medicine.
February 23, 2006; San Diego, CA.
KEYWORDS:
Fibromyalgia
Can pain be more or less neuropathic? Comparison of symptom assessment tools with ratings of certainty by clinicians
Bennett MI, Smith BH, Torrance N, Lee AJ.
Pain.
2006;122:289-294.
KEYWORDS:
Neuropathic pain
Preliminary assessment of the efficacy, tolerability and safety of a cannabis-based medicine (Sativex) in the treatment of pain caused by rheumatoid arthritis
Blake PR, Robson P, Ho M, Jubb RW, McCabe CS.
Rheumatology.
2006;45:50-52.
KEYWORDS:
Rheumatoid arthritis
Incidence and course of low back pain episodes in the general population
Cassidy JD, Cote P, Carroll LJ, Kristman V.
Spine.
2005;30:2817-2823.
KEYWORDS:
Low back pain
Use of combined oral contraceptives among women with migraine and nonmigrainous headaches: a systematic review
Curtis KM, Mohllajee AP, Peterson HB.
Contraception.
2006;73:189-194.
KEYWORDS:
Migraine
Infrequent or non-response to oral sumatriptan does not predict response to other triptans-review of four trials
Dahlof CG.
Cephalalgia.
2006;26:98-106.
KEYWORDS:
Migraine
Managing opioid addiction with buprenorphine
Donaher PA, Welsh C.
Am Fam Physician.
2006;73:1573-1578.
KEYWORDS:
Opioids
Basal heat pain thresholds predict opioid analgesia in patients with postherpetic neuralgia
Edwards RR, Haythornthwaite JA, Tella P, et al.
Anesthesiology.
2006;104:1243-1248.
KEYWORDS:
Postherpetic neuralgia
Efficacy and safety of opioid agonists in the treatment of neuropathic pain and monmalignant origin: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
Eisenberg E, McNicol ED, Carr DB.
JAMA.
2005;293:3043-3052.
KEYWORDS:
Post-op pain
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Postoperative pain
Does multimodal analgesia with acetaminophen, nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs, or selective cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitors and patient-controlled analgesia morphine offer advantages over morphine alone? Meta-analyses of randomized trials
Elia N, Lysakowski C, Tramer MR.
Anesthesiology.
2005;103:1296-1304.
KEYWORDS:
Opioids
Palliative care in primary care: a study to determine whether patients and professionals agree on symptoms
Ewing G, Rogers M, Barclay S, et al.
Br J Gen Pract.
2006;56:27-34.
KEYWORDS:
Palliative care
The use of opioids in the treatment of osteoarthritis: when, why, and how?
Goodwin JL, Kraemer JJ, Bajwa ZH.
Curr Pain Headache Rep.
2005;9:390-398.
KEYWORDS:
Osteoarthritis
Muscle strength, pain, and disease activity explain individual subdimensions of the health assessment questionnaire disability index, especially in women with rheumatoid arthritis
Hakkinen A, Kautianinen H, Hannonen P, Ylinen J, Makinen H, Sokka T.
Ann Rheum Dis.
2006;65:30-34.
KEYWORDS:
Rheumatoid arthritis
The validity of the neuropathic pain scale for assessing diabetic neuropathic pain in a clinical trial
Jensen MP, Friedman M, Bonzo D, Richards P.
Clin J Pain.
2006;22:97-103.
KEYWORDS:
Pain assessment
Fibromyalgia diagnosis: a comparison of clinical, survey, and American College of Rheumatology criteria
Katz RS, Wolfe F, Michaud K.
Arthritis Rheum.
2006;54:169-176.
KEYWORDS:
Fibromyalgia
Palliative care: optimizing quality of life
Kim A, Fall P, Wang D.
J Am Osteopath Assoc.
2005;105(Suppl 5):S9-S14.
KEYWORDS:
Palliative care
Does random urine drug testing reduce illicit drug use in chronic pain patients receiving opioids?
Manchikanti L, Manchukonda R, Pampati V, et al.
Pain Physician.
2006;9:123-129.
KEYWORDS:
Chronic pain
,
Opioids
Relationships between performance-based tests and patients' ratings of activity limitations, self-efficacy, and pain in fibromyalgia
Mannerkorpi K, Svantesson U, Broberg C.
Arch Phys Med Rehabil.
2006;87:259-264.
KEYWORDS:
Fibromyalgia
Improvement in fibromyalgia symptoms with acupuncture: results of a randomized controlled trial
Martin DP, Sletten CD, Williams BA, Berger IH.
Mayo Clin Proc.
2006;81:749-757.
KEYWORDS:
Acupuncture
,
Fibromyalgia
The burden of neuropathic pain: results from a cross-sectional survey
McDermott AM, Toelle TR, Rowbotham DJ, Schaefer CP, Dukes EM.
Eur J Pain.
2006;10:127-135.
KEYWORDS:
Neuropathic pain
Benchmarking as a tool of continuous quality improvement in postoperative pain management
Meissner W, Ullrich K, Zwacka S.
Eur J Anaesthesiol.
2006;23:142-148.
KEYWORDS:
Post-op pain
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Postoperative pain
Low morphine doses in opioid-naïve cancer patients with pain
Mercadante S, Porzio G, Ferrera P, et al.
J Pain Symptom Manage.
2006;31:242-247.
KEYWORDS:
Cancer pain
,
Opioids
Treatment of chronic low back pain with successive injections of botulinum toxin A over 6 months: a prospective trial of 60 patients
Ney JP, Difazio M, Sichani A, Monacci W, Foster L, Jabbari B.
Clin J Pain.
2006;22:363-369.
KEYWORDS:
Low back pain
,
Neuropathic pain
The pain self-efficacy questionnaire: taking pain into account
Nicholas MK.
Eur J Pain.
2006 Jan 27; [Epub ahead of print].
KEYWORDS:
Pain assessment
Successful and unsuccessful outcomes with long-term opioid therapy: a survey of physicians' opinions
Nishimori M, Kulich RJ, Carwood CM, Okoye V, Kalso E, Ballantyne JC.
J Palliat Med.
2006;9:50-56.
KEYWORDS:
Opioids
Migraine with and without aura: association with depression and anxiety disorder in a population-based study; the HUNT study
Oedegaard K, Neckelmann D, Mykletun A, et al.
Cephalalgia.
2006;26:1-6.
KEYWORDS:
Migraine
A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study of intrathecal ziconotide in adults with severe chronic pain
Rauck RL, Wallace MS, Leong MS, et al.
J Pain Symptom Manage.
2006;31:393-406.
KEYWORDS:
Chronic pain
No pain relief from morphine? Individual variation in sensitivity to morphine and the need to switch to an alternative opioid in cancer patients
Riley J, Ross JR, Rutter D, et al.
Support Care Cancer.
2006;14:56-64.
KEYWORDS:
Cancer pain
Opioid analgesics in primary care: challenges and new advances in the management of noncancer pain
Sinatra R.
J Am Board Fam Med.
2006;19:165-177.
KEYWORDS:
Opioids
Postoperative pain management: a practical review, part 2
Strassels SA, McNicol E, Suleman R.
Am J Health Syst Pharm.
2005;62:2019-2025.
KEYWORDS:
Post-op pain
,
Postoperative pain
Opioid guidelines in the management of chronic non-cancer pain
Trescot AM, Boswell MV, Atluri SL, et al.
Pain Physician.
2006;9:1-39.
KEYWORDS:
Opioids
Effect of oral gabapentin on postoperative epidural analgesia
Turan A, Kaya G, Karamanlioglu B, Pamukcu Z, Apfel CC.
Br J Anaesth.
2006;96:242-246.
KEYWORDS:
Post-op pain
,
Postoperative pain
Chronic low back pain in older adults: prevalence, reliability, and validity of physical examination findings
Weiner DK, Sakamoto S, Perera S, Breuer P.
J Am Geriatr Soc.
2006;54:11-20.
KEYWORDS:
Low back pain
The validity and utility of the BPI interference measures for evaluating the impact of osteoarthritic pain
Williams VS, Smith MY, Fehnel SE.
J Pain Symptom Manage.
2006;31:48-57.
KEYWORDS:
Osteoarthritis
Efficacy of postoperative patient-controlled and continuous infusion epidural analgesia versus intravenous patient-controlled analgesia with opioids: a meta-analysis
Wu CL, Cohen SR, Richman JM, et al.
Anesthesiology.
2005;103:1079-1088.
KEYWORDS:
Post-op pain
,
Postoperative pain
Opioids for the management of breakthrough (episodic) pain in cancer patients
Zeppetella G, Ribiero M.
Cochrane Database Syst Rev.
2006;CD004311.
KEYWORDS:
Cancer pain
,
Opioids