In the News
News releases, updates on treatments, newly posted research articles and current events of interest to the chronic pain community.
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Subanesthetic ketamine infusions for the treatment of children and adolescents with chronic pain: a longitudinal study
Kathy A. Sheehy1†, Elena A. Muller1†, Caroline Lippold1, Mehdi Nouraie2, Julia C. Finkel1and Zenaide M N Quezado13* 1Divisions of Anesthesiology… Read More
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A Letter to Our Health Care Providers
Too often I hear of instances of times when patients attend an appointment with a healthcare provider and attempt to… Read More
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Acupuncture as Part of a Pediatric Pain Clinic in a Safety-Net Hospital: Acupuncture Wednesday
A pediatric pain clinic that consists of interdisciplinary biomedical and integrative modalities, including acupuncture, can be successfully established in a… Read More
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Complex regional pain syndrome in a young female
CRPS in children is a rare entity, it is characterised by limb pain which is out of proportion to the… Read More
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Targeting pain catastrophization in patients with fibromyalgia using virtual reality exposure therapy: a proof-of-concept study
The study results provide preliminary proof indicating that exposing patients with fibromyalgia syndrome to visuals of exercises elicits neurophysiological changes… Read More
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Why oral opioids may not be effective in a subset of chronic pain patients
There is a group of intractable pain patients who do not effectively metabolize oral opioids. Pain patients who report poor… Read More
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Delayed diagnosis and worsening of pain following orthopedic surgery in patients with complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS)
Diagnosis in 38 patients with CRPS-1 and 17 with CRPS-2 was delayed in average 4 years after symptom-start. Pain was… Read More
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Complex Regional Pain Syndrome’s (CRPS’s) Ripple Effect
by Samantha M. Adcock When most people think about the Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) formerly known as Reflex Sympathetic… Read More
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Extent of recovery in the first 12 months of complex regional pain syndrome type-1: A prospective study
A recent study published in the European Journal of Pain acknowledged what most Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) patients knew from experience.… Read More
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Are Children with CRPS prone to symptoms of anxiety or depression?
A new study indicates that children with Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) formerly known as Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy (RSD) aka… Read More
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