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901 Pharmaceutical treatment patterns for patients with a diagnosis related to chronic pain initiating a slow-release strong opioid treatment in Sweden Pain, September 20, 2012 Clinical Article

902 Associations between daily chronic pain intensity, daily anger expression, and trait anger expressiveness: An ecological momentary assessment study Pain, September 20, 2012

903 Influence of Directional Preference on Two Clinical Dichotomies: Acute Versus Chronic Pain and Axial Low Back Pain Versus Sciatica PM&R, September 20, 2012 Clinical Article

904 Effect of electroacupuncture on opioid consumption in patients with chronic musculoskeletal pain: protocol of a randomised controlled trial Full Text Trials, September 19, 2012 Clinical Article

905 Current challenges in translational pain research Trends in Pharmacological Sciences, September 18, 2012

906 Impact of sex hormonal changes on tension-type headache and migraine: a cross-sectional population-based survey in 2,600 women The Journal of Headache and Pain, September 17, 2012 Clinical Article

907 Characteristics of referred muscle pain to the head from active trigger points in women with myofascial temporomandibular pain and fibromyalgia syndrome The Journal of Headache and Pain, September 17, 2012

908 Control of Arthritis Pain with Anti-Nerve-Growth Factor: Risk and Benefit Current Rheumatology Reports, September 14, 2012 Clinical Article

909 Enoxaparin Treatment for Vulvodynia: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Obstetrics and Gynecology, September 14, 2012 Clinical Article

910 Stress is dominant in patients with depression and chronic low back pain. A qualitative study of psychotherapeutic interventions for patients with non-specific low back pain of 3--12 months' duration Full Text BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, September 14, 2012 Clinical Article

911 Socio-demographic variation in chest pain incidence and subsequent coronary heart disease in primary care in the United Kingdom European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, September 14, 2012 Clinical Article

912 Chronic pain as a manifestation of potassium channel-complex autoimmunity Neurology, September 14, 2012

913 High prevalence of confirmed, but also of potential and believed, neuropathic pain in pain clinics European Journal of Pain, September 13, 2012 Clinical Article

914 Care for Patients with Chronic Nonmalignant Pain with and without Chronic Opioid Prescriptions: A Report from the Cincinnati Area Research Group (CARinG) Network Full Text Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine, September 13, 2012 Clinical Article

915 Significant others responses to pain in veterans with chronic pain and clinical levels of post-traumatic stress disorder symptomatology European Journal of Pain, September 13, 2012

916 Comparative study of efficacy and tolerability of flupirtine versus tramadol in non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug intolerant mechanical low back pain Indian Journal of Rheumatology , September 12, 2012 Clinical Article

917 Central poststroke pain: somatosensory abnormalities and the presence of associated myofascial pain syndrome Full Text BMC Neurology, September 12, 2012 Clinical Article

918 Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumor: The Utility of Fascicular Biopsy and Teased Fiber Studies Journal of Clinical Neuromuscular Disease, September 12, 2012

919 A novel CACNA1A mutation results in episodic ataxia with migrainous features without headache Cephalalgia, September 12, 2012

920 Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study to Assess the Efficacy and Toxicity of Subcutaneous Ketamine in the Management of Cancer Pain Journal of Clinical Oncology, September 11, 2012 Clinical Article

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Vitamin D deficiency is more common with non-Caucasian patients, and those with lower social support, no insurance, diabetes, lower activity levels, higher parathyroid hormone levels, and higher body mass indexes
Eating an early breakfast and dinner when taking PPIs can lower FSSG scores and improve GERD symptoms. (Factors leading to increased FSSG scores were female gender, inadequate sleep, lack of breakfast, antihypertensive agent non-users and dinner just before bedtime.)
No single method of contraception is contraindicated by age alone, but caution should be exercised with estrogen-containing preparations in obese women over 40

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Vitamin D deficiency is associated with increased mortality in ICU patients

Among 130 patients requiring mechanical ventilation, 107 were vitamin D-deficient (< 20 ng/ml). Of the patients who did not survive, the length of survival was shorter in the vitamin D-deficient patients (15.3 vs. 24.2 days, respectively).

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Coronary artery calcium increases cardiovascular risk in patients with T2DM and HTN

Researchers at Tel-Aviv University have conducted a study to determine the value of coronary artery calcium (CAC) measurements in cardiovascular risk stratification in patients with T2DM and HTN. The study involved 423 patients enrolled in the International Nifedipine Study: Intervention as Goal for Hypertension Therapy. The patients had baseline CT scans for CAC measurement at baseline and were shown to be free of disease. Follow-up CT scans were performed at 3 and 15 years. Cardiovascular events (CVEs) occurred in 41 of 423 patients at 3 years and 111 of 268 patients at 15 years of follow-up. CVEs occurred in 15% and 52% (CAC+) and 7% and 32% (CAC-) of patients with T2DM at 3 and 15 years of follow-up, respectively. Compared to patients without T2DM and no CAC, the HRs for a CVE were 6.6 and 3.9 in T2DM patients with and without CAC, respectively.

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CAC scores add predictability to Framingham

Researchers at Erasmus University Medical Center in Rotterdam have evaluated 12 measures (N-terminal fragment of prohormone B-type natriuretic peptide levels, von Willebrand factor antigen levels, fibrinogen levels, chronic kidney disease, leukocyte count, C-reactive protein levels, homocysteine levels, uric acid levels, coronary artery calcium [CAC] scores, carotid intima–media thickness, peripheral arterial disease, and pulse wave velocity), in addition to Framingham risk scores for predicting coronary heart disease. Only the CAC was shown to add significantly to the Framingham risk score in predicting coronary heart disease.

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3 Activity of the neuroendocrine axes in patients with polymyalgia rheumatica before and after TNF-alpha blocking etanercept treatment Arthritis Research & Therapy, August 16, 2012 Free full text

4 The cytochrome P450 inhibitor, ketoconazole, inhibits oxidized linoleic acid metabolite-mediated peripheral inflammatory pain Molecular Pain, October 8, 2012 Free full text

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Internal Medicine - Pain Management News & Articles

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Clinical Pearls in Internal Medicine

Highlights in Internal Medicine

Vitamin D deficiency is associated with increased mortality in ICU patients

Coronary artery calcium increases cardiovascular risk in patients with T2DM and HTN

CAC scores add predictability to Framingham

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