Pain physician
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Review Meta Analysis
Treatment of functional chest pain with antidepressants: a meta-analysis.
Recurrent Functional Chest pain (FCP) with normal coronary anatomy and no detectable gastroenterological and respiratory causes is a common problem that sometimes leads to excess use of medical care. ⋯ Antidepressant medications are associated with improvements in pain and psychological symptoms. The effects of factors including psychiatric co-morbidity, gender, age, ethnic group, and treating period on the outcomes should be checked further.
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Review Meta Analysis
Ozone therapy as a treatment for low back pain secondary to herniated disc: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.
Low back pain (LBP) is one of the most common and important health problems affecting the population worldwide and remains mostly unsolved. Ozone therapy has emerged as an additional treatment method. Questions persist concerning its clinical efficacy. ⋯ Ozone therapy appears to yield positive results and low morbidity rates when applied percutaneously for the treatment of chronic low back pain.