Systematic Reviews of Drug Treatments for Pain

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Reviewed May 2012

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Title:   Pain management for women in labour - an overview
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Women's experience of pain during labour varies greatly. Some women feel little pain whilst others find the pain extremely distressing. A woman's position in labour, mobility, and fear and anxiety or, conversely, confidence may influence her experie...
Date:   Oct 2011
Title:   Drugs to treat phantom limb pain in those with missing limbs
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Various medications have been tried in phantom limb pain but good treatment continues to be unsatisfactory. Whether opioids, N-methyl D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor antagonists (e.g. ketamine, memantine, dextromethorphan), anticonvulsants, antidepressants,...
Date:   Oct 2011
Title:   Lacosamide for neuropathic pain and fibromyalgia in adults
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Antiepileptic drugs like lacosamide are commonly used for treating neuropathic pain, usually defined as pain due to damage to nerves. This would include postherpetic neuralgia (persistent pain experienced in an area previously affected by shingles), pai...
Date:   Sep 2011
Title:   The use of opioid intramuscular and intravenous pain relieving drugs in labour
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Pain during labour is normal and its management is influenced by an interaction between a woman's mental and emotional state and the physiological changes that occur during labour. The use of pain-relieving drugs during labour is now part of standard ca...
Date:   Jul 2011
Title:   Antidepressants for pain management in rheumatoid arthritis
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   This summary of a Cochrane review presents what we know from research about the affect of antidepressants on pain in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). This review shows that in people with RA: We are uncertain whether antidepressants affect pain...
Date:   Apr 2011
Title:   Single dose dipyrone for acute renal colic pain
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Renal colic pain is extremely painful and requires immediate treatment with strong analgesics. Dipyrone is a non-opioid analgesic widely used for this purpose but not licensed in some countries (e.g., USA, UK) because of potentially fatal side effects (...
Date:   Apr 2011
Title:   Pain relief for after pains (uterine cramping/involution) after the baby's birth
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Women may experience cramping pain and discomfort following the birth of their baby as the uterus contracts and returns to its pre-pregnancy size. These after pains are caused by involutionary contractions and usually last for two to three days after ch...
Date:   Apr 2011
Title:   Piracetam for reducing the incidence of painful sickle cell disease crises
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Sickle cell disease is one of the most common genetic disorders and affects about 250 million people (5% of the world's population). It is characterised by sickle-shaped red blood cells which may block blood vessels. This can lead to pain and damage to ...
Date:   Mar 2011
Title:   Topical analgesics for acute otitis media
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Antibiotics make little difference to children with an uncomplicated ear infection and ear pain. Some advocate ear drops with local anaesthetic such as amethocaine, benzocaine or lidocaine. Five trials (391 participants) were identified; two compared an...
Date:   Feb 2011
Title:   Combining two or more drugs vs one drug for pain control in inflammatory arthritis
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   This summary of a Cochrane review presents what we know from research about the effect of a combination of two pain relieving drugs for pain control in inflammatory arthritis (IA). We are uncertain if two pain relieving drugs such as paracetamol (also c...
Date:   Oct 2010
Title:   Paracetamol (acetaminophen) with or without an antiemetic for acute migraine in adults
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   A single oral dose of paracetamol 1000 mg is effective in relieving migraine headache pain and associated symptoms of nausea, photophobia and phonophobia. Pain will be reduced from moderate or severe to no pain by 2 hours in 1 in 5 people (19%) taking p...
Date:   Oct 2010
Title:   Treatment for meralgia paraesthetica, a condition causing numbness and sometimes pain in the thigh
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Meralgia paraesthetica is a common clinical condition caused by damage to the lateral cutaneous nerve of the thigh, resulting in pain, numbness and tingling in the front and outer side of the thigh. The diagnosis is easy to make clinically. Although not...
Date:   Oct 2010
Title:   Gonadotrophin-releasing hormone analogues for pain associated with endometriosis
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Endometriosis is a common condition affecting women of child-bearing age, and is usually due to the presence of endometrial tissue in places other than the uterus. Common symptoms include pain and infertility. GnRHas are a group of drugs often used to...
Date:   Sep 2010
Title:   Phytomedicines (medicines derived from plants) for sickle cell disease
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Sickle cell disease is an inherited blood condition caused by defects in the production of haemoglobin. Haemoglobin is the part of the red blood cell that carries oxygen across the body. Sickle cell disease occurs when people inherit faulty genes respon...
Date:   Sep 2010
Title:   Pharmacological interventions for pain in patients with temporomandibular disorders
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Temporomandibular disorders (TMD) are disorders that affect the joint between the temporal bone on the side of the head and the mandibular (jaw) bone of the face, and the associated muscles. Pain is the defining feature of TMD and the primary reason for...
Date:   Sep 2010
Title:   Intravenous naftidrofuryl for treating critical limb ischaemia
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Peripheral arterial disease is relatively common, particularly in late middle age. Blockages in the leg arteries can reduce blood flow in the legs enough to cause cramping leg pain that limits walking (termed intermittent claudication). They can become ...
Date:   Aug 2010
Title:   Drug therapy for pain in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis or motor neuron disease
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as motor neuron disease (MND), is the most common neurodegenerative disorder of the motor system in adults. Pain is a frequent symptom and may have a pronounced impact on quality of life and suffering. Des...
Date:   May 2010
Title:   Pain management for rheumatoid arthritis with cardiovascular or renal comorbidity
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   This summary of a Cochrane review presents what we know from research about the safety of using pain-relieving drugs in people with rheumatoid arthritis who also have either heart or kidney disease, or both. What is rheumatoid arthritis and what is pai...
Date:   May 2010
Title:   Opioid therapy for treating rheumatoid arthritis pain
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   This summary of a Cochrane review presents what we know from research about the effect of opioids for treating rheumatoid arthritis pain. The review shows that in people with rheumatoid arthritis treated with weak opioids for up to six weeks: - Weak o...
Date:   May 2010
Title:   Paracetamol for relief of perineal pain after birth
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   The birth of a baby should be a very special time for every woman, but perineal pain can sometimes interfere and cause problems. The perineum is a diamond-shaped area between the vagina and the anus. Perineal pain can arise from bruising or tearing that...
Date:   Feb 2010

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