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Advances in the Treatment of Cluster Headache

General Diagnostic Matters Concerning Trigeminal Autonomic Cephalalgias Recently, some important diagnostic matters have arisen around TACs. These...

Advances in Trigeminal Neuralgia

TN, or ‘tic douloureux’, is most easily recognised in medical practice as “a sudden, usually unilateral, brief stabbing recurrent...

BTG - Pain Management - Past, Present, and Future

These three streams, which provided the impetus for the explosion of knowledge of the complexity of chronic pain and the role of psychosocial and...

Chronic Narcotic Therapy for Patients with Chronic Non-malignant Pain

Types of Pain CNMP is a biological–psychological–sociological phenomenon. All aspects of these problem areas must be appropriately...

Current Considerations for the Management of Cervical Dystonia

Primary CD has two main clinical forms. The first is characterized by abnormal posture of the head and neck, limitation of head movements, and...

Drug Management in Cervical Dystonia

Currently, the prevalence of cervical dystonia in the US is estimated to be greater than 90,000. Other studies show that its prevalence differs among...

Drug Management in Cervical Dystonia

Clinical Manifestations CD is the most common form of focal dystonia. Few epidemiological studies exist that estimate the incidence and prevalence of...

Drug Management in Cervical Dystonia

Currently, the prevalence of cervical dystonia in the US is estimated to be greater than 90,000. Other studies show that its prevalence differs...

Emerging Treatments for Chronic Pain

The signal interpreted as pain can be altered at many points along the pain pathway, providing a multitude of strategic targets for rational...

Management of Neuropathic Pain

Management of Neuropathic Pain The management of neuropathic pain involves the use of a wide variety of agents including antidepressants,...

MMP-2 and MMP-9—Investigations in Neuropathic Pain Phases

Neuropathic Pain Symptoms and Mechanisms Many patients in the pain clinic suffer from neuropathic pain due to injury to the peripheral nervous...

Treating Dystonia Current Considerations

Although not life-threatening, the disorder can lead to severe persistent pain and disability. Moreover, the unpredictable nature of dystonia, with...

Treatment Options for Neuropathic Pain

Neuropathic pain is a common symptom in many diseases or injuries of the peripheral or central nervous system. Lesions of the nervous system may lead...

Troubleshooting for Intrathecal Baclofen Therapy

A differential agonist-induced desensitization of pre- and post-synaptic responses mediated by GABAB receptors has been demonstrated. It is...

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