BACKGROUND Patients with pain caused by cancer frequently experience visceral pain. In addition to oral pharmacologic therapy to manage pain, neurolytic blocks of the sympathetic axis are also effective in controlling visceral cancer pain. METHODS Four types of neurolytic blocks (interpleural phenol, celiac plexus, superior hypogastric plexus, and ganglion impar) used in the treatment of visc...

OBJECTIVE Cultural or ethnic factors may play an important role in subjects' pain reports. The aim of the study was to compare the prevalence of orofacial pain symptoms between Finnish and Thai populations. MATERIALS AND METHODS The Finnish study population comprised the Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1966, of which 5696 subjects participated in the present study. The Thai sample consisted of ...

BACKGROUND In the clinical trial setting, oral rizatriptan 10 mg has greater efficacy than other oral triptans in freedom from migraine headache pain 2 h after dosing. OBJECTIVE The study objective is to compare the effectiveness of rizatriptan 10 mg and other oral triptans for acute migraine attack in a naturalistic setting. METHODS A total of 673 patients took rizatriptan 10 mg or their u...

background: oral aphthous is one of the most common oral mucosal inflammatory disorders which are very painful. there is no definite medical strategy up to now for aphthous treatment. recently, some researchers have focused on immunomodulatory drugs such as tacrolimus and pimecrolimus in preventing aphthus recurrences. the aim of this study is to assess the effect of pimecrolimus cream against ...

A positive communication about an intervention can lead to lower anxiety and better pain management through the increase of patient trust. However, important issue is understand how interacts with modalities management. The present study aimed determine whether a oral restricted effect has impact on analgesic touch verbal expression during experimental induced pain. We compared rating (visual a...