Journal of pain & palliative care pharmacotherapy
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J Pain Palliat Care Pharmacother · Jan 2004
Clinical TrialTopical lidocaine patch therapy for myofascial pain.
An open label study of topical lidocaine 5% patches was conducted for myofascial pain management based on the hypothesis that electrical dysfunction is a component of myofascial pain and therefore sodium channel blockade may be useful in managing myofascial pain. The efficacy of topical lidocaine patch therapy for myofascial pain impact of the therapy on associated quality of life were investigated in the one-month trial. Principal outcome measures were Brief Pain Inventory- Short Form for pain intensity and quality of life score changes. ⋯ Two patients reported complete pain relief and 3 reported a lot of relief. Mean improvements for average pain intensity (7, 14, and 28 days), general activity (7 and 28 days), mood and sleep (7, 14, and 28 days), walking (14 and 28 days), and ability to work, relationships, and enjoyment of life (28 days) were significant (P < 0.05). These results suggest lidocaine patches may be useful in the management of myofascial pain.
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J Pain Palliat Care Pharmacother · Jan 2004
Evidence-based pain management and palliative care in issue two for 2004 of the Cochrane Library.
The Cochrane Library of Systematic Reviews is published quarterly. Issue two for 2004 of the library was published in April 2004. The Cochrane Library now contains 1,999 complete reviews, 1,441 protocols of reviews, and 4,645 one-page summaries of systematic reviews published in the general (non-Cochrane) medical literature. ⋯ This edition of the Library contains the results of an extensive search for randomized controlled trials (RCTs) on EMBASE. The latest library contains 78 new reviews, 10 of which are considered relevant to practitioners in pain and palliative care. References are published in the same format as the citation for Cochrane reviews.
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J Pain Palliat Care Pharmacother · Jan 2004
Evidence-based pain management and palliative care in issue one for 2004 of The Cochrane Library.
The Cochrane Library of Systematic Reviews is published quarterly. Issue one for 2004 of the library was published in February 2004. This issue contains 3,329 reviews and protocols of which 1,921 are fully published reviews. ⋯ This version of the Library contains the results of an extensive search for RCTs on EMBASE. The latest library contains 84 new reviews, seven are considered relevant to practitioners in pain and palliative care. References are published in the same format as the citation for Cochrane reviews.