background pain experience makes a serious anxiety for both patient and clinician before and after root canal treatment. pain is a complex psychophysiologic phenomenon. objectives the aim of this randomized control trial study was to evaluate the analgesic effect of odontopaste® and a corticosteroid containing compound medicament between root canal therapy appointments. materials and methods on...

The serotonin receptor blocker ketanserin was given orally in a double blind crossover study to 10 patients with connective tissue disorders and Raynaud's phenomenon. Eight of the 10 patients improved clinically on ketanserin and none on placebo. Digital blood flow was assessed with laser Doppler flowmetry (LDF), photoplethysmography, and skin temperature measurements. Laser Doppler flowmetry w...

Abstract Introduction Function of naturally existing internal mammary artery (IMA)-to-coronary anastomoses has been shown by augmented blood supply to the coronary collateral circulation in response IMA occlusion. Theoretically, this functional connection is invertible and can cause steal, verification whose hypothesis would provide alternate proof mentioned evidence. Method This was a prospect...

Commentary Seizure clustering is a common occurrence in many types of epilepsy. As with any phenomenon distributed unevenly, the human mind strives to find explanations for periods of relative quiescence interspersed with periods of prominent activity. Women with epilepsy have consistently associated seizure clustering with the menstrual cycle, so much so that there is a name for the phenomenon...

OBJECTIVE To compare fluoxetine, a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor, with nifedipine as treatment for primary or secondary Raynaud's phenomenon. METHODS Twenty-six patients with primary and 27 patients with secondary Raynaud's phenomenon were assigned randomly to receive 6 weeks of treatment with fluoxetine (20 mg daily) or nifedipine (40 mg daily). Following a 2-week washout period, ea...