Systematic Reviews of Treatments for Chronic Pain

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Created August 2009

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Title:   Milnacipran for chronic neuropathic pain and fibromyalgia in adults
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   The aim of this review was to assess how effective milnacipran is for treating chronic neuropathic pain or fibromyalgia. We identified no studies using milnacipran in neuropathic pain, but five studies in fibromyalgia satisfied the inclusion criteria. F...
Date:   Jan 2012
Title:   Psychosocial interventions for the management of chronic orofacial pain
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Studies indicate that psychological factors are associated with chronic pain in the face, mouth or jaws. However, current management, particularly in dentistry, does not target these factors. This review therefore explored whether behavioural interventi...
Date:   Sep 2011
Title:   Topical rubefacients for acute and chronic musculoskeletal pain in adults
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Rubefacients cause irritation and reddening of the skin, due to increased blood flow. They are believed to relieve pain in various musculoskeletal conditions, and are available on prescription and in over-the-counter remedies. This review found evidence...
Date:   Sep 2011
Title:   Gabapentin for chronic neuropathic pain and fibromyalgia in adults
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Antiepileptic drugs like gabapentin 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:   Feb 2011
Title:   Lamotrigine (an antiepileptic drug) for acute and chronic pain
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Nerves which have been damaged by injury or disease can continue to produce pain. This type of pain is called neuropathic pain. Some antiepileptic medications can help neuropathic pain. Lamotrigine is an antiepileptic medication. The aim of this review ...
Date:   Jan 2011
Title:   Cervico-thoracic or lumbar sympathectomy for neuropathic pain
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Chronic pain due to damaged nerves is called neuropathic pain and is common. Some people postulate that neuropathic pain, particularly reflex sympathetic dystrophy and causalgia, is caused by the sympathetic nervous system (a part of the autonomic nervo...
Date:   May 2010
Title:   Stimulating the brain without surgery in the management of chronic pain
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Various devices are available that can electrically stimulate the brain without the need for surgery or any invasive treatment. There are three main treatment types: repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) in which the brain is stimulated by...
Date:   Apr 2010
Title:   Replacing fluids to treat acute episodes of pain in people with sickle cell disease
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Sickle cell disease is a common genetic disorder characterised by periodic episodes of pain which usually happen again and again throughout life. These episodes occur when sickled cells obstruct blood vessels. The degree of pain may range from a mild di...
Date:   Feb 2010
Title:   Vitamin D for the treatment of chronic painful conditions in adults
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Vitamin D has a variety of roles in the body. It is made in the skin through the action of sunlight and can also be obtained from food. A lack of vitamin D has been implicated in a number of diseases, including chronic painful conditions. Additionally, ...
Date:   Oct 2009
Title:   Behavioural treatment for chronic low-back pain
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Low-back pain is a major health and economical problem that affects populations around the world. Chronic low-back pain, in particular, is a major cause of medical expenses, work absenteeism, and disability. Current management of chronic low-back pain i...
Date:   Aug 2009
Title:   Prolotherapy injections for chronic low-back pain
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Chronic low-back pain is a very common problem for which there is currently no universally effective treatment. Patients with chronic low-back pain have many treatment options and it is important for them to understand the evidence behind each treatment...
Date:   Jul 2009
Title:   Opioids for long-term treatment of noncancer pain
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   The findings of this systematic review suggest that proper management of a type of strong painkiller (opioids) in well-selected patients with no history of substance addiction or abuse can lead to long-term pain relief for some patients with a very smal...
Date:   May 2009
Title:   Pregabalin for acute and chronic pain in adults
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Pregabalin relieves pain caused by damage to nerves, either from injury or disease. Antiepileptics (such as pregabalin) are medicines used for treating epilepsy, but are also effective for treating pain. The type of pain that responds well to pregabalin...
Date:   May 2009
Title:   Buflomedil for intermittent claudication
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Intermittent claudication (IC) is pain that develops in a limb (mostly calves and thighs) during exercise and is relieved with rest. It is caused by insufficient blood flow due to peripheral arterial occlusive disease. Treatment should contain all measu...
Date:   Apr 2009
Title:   Duloxetine for neuropathic pain
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Duloxetine is a drug used to treat depression and incontinence and it can be also be useful in treating certain types of pain. Pain can be produced spontaneously from damaged parts of the nervous system used to transmit pain information to the brain (ne...
Date:   Mar 2009
Title:   Psychological therapy for adults with longstanding distressing pain and disability
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Many people have pain that lasts for a long time, and pain that is not relieved or cured by physical therapy or medicines. The search for a diagnosis and for pain relief is often long, discouraging, and even damaging. For some people the pain leads to p...
Date:   Feb 2009
Title:   Psychological therapies for the management of chronic and recurrent pain in children and adolescents
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Psychological therapies (relaxation, hypnosis, coping skills training, biofeedback, cognitive behavioural therapy) are treatments which may help people manage pain and its disabling consequences. For children and youths there is good evidence that both ...
Date:   Jan 2009
Title:   Physical conditioning program for improving work outcomes in workers with back pain
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   The main goal of physical conditioning programs, sometimes called work conditioning, work hardening or functional restoration/exercise programs, is to return injured or disabled workers to work or improve the work status for workers performing modified ...
Date:   Dec 2008
Title:   Analgesic effects of antipsychotics in acute and chronic painful states
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Antipsychotics are used in different chronic pain states (e.g. chronic headache, fibromyalgia and diabetic neuropathia). With atypical antipsychotics a new class of antipsychotics is available, with lesser extrapyramidal side effects and additional bene...
Date:   Aug 2008
Title:   Effectiveness of Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS) alone in the management of chronic pain
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Despite the widespread use of TENS machines, the analgesic effectiveness of TENS still remains uncertain. This has mainly been due to inadequate methodology and reporting in earlier studies but more recent studies of TENS for chronic pain fail to offer ...
Date:   Apr 2008

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