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To round out my discussion of post herpetic neuralgia, I have included an article on pulse radiofreqency to dorsal root ganglion in spine – a benign, not destructive, resetting of senstivity of the ganglion by 41 degree centrigrade heat. My … Continue reading →

Given that Post shingles pain is restricted to certain nerve root Level(s),  nerve destructive measures could be an option. Cure rates for both were about 85% but thermocoagulation had more adverse events.

Recently, a dose of Acetaminophen (Tylenol) has been shown to reduce anxiety responses to a surrealistic film. Previously, it had been shown to reduce MRI evidence of the effects of social rejection. Together, it suggests anixety/social rejection is another form of pain.

Recent article scanned the web and catalogued the best pain sites. I’m not on it but I’m not bitter (much)…

Three cases of severe neck pain with radiation down arm, not helped by any other measure, were helped with mini-pulse therapy of betamethasone 4 mg twice daily for 4 days and decreasing doses subsequently. In those 3 cases, pain disappeared … Continue reading →

My wife’s PRS-600 sony reader crashed with a rectangular boxed area complaining of  exception error – do you want to format? – and when you say yes (actually a bad idea) – it says cannot format. Information on this was … Continue reading →

Despite the advent of the fear-avoidance and acceptance psychology, it is becoming abundantly clear that pain level determine disability. This is but the latest article in that regard.

Guidelines for gallbladder polyps are not readily available. Here at last are some – gallbaldder attacks suggest surgery. Chance of malignancy is slight unless polyps are over 10 mm size and in someone over 50.

Neck and shoulder tip/shoulder pains are common in the workplace and are not easily eliminated. A program of strength training only worked in those that are doing well and likely to continue program until end (I call them responders). Influence … Continue reading →

Recent article concludes simple wedge resection for ingrown toenail leads to nail bed damage and unacceptable recurrence rates – and should be considered obsolete.

Back in 2006, Janice Montbriand  and I wrote a poster about “Often Missed Treatable Co-Morbidities in Patients with Treatment Resistant Chronic Pain”. They included Bipolar disease, B12 and Vitamin D deficiencies, and sleep disorders.  Each one of these is still … Continue reading →

Recent studies have shown a correlation between low Vitamin D levels and sickle pains. Case studies have shown significant relief of sickle pain with Vitamin D supplementation.

Various desperately in pain cases have written me wondering how useful it actually is. The answer is not easy and runs like this – “It depends”. Firstly, I feel sick to find that people are being gouged $2,000 – 5,000 dollars … Continue reading →

After causing extreme shortages of drugs in US, the US FDA came to Canada and shut down production of 90% of injectables from a Sandoz site in Quebec. This was not based on any finding of injury; merely because they … Continue reading →

I got a recent piece of spam that said: God must love stupid people. He made SO many. (My inner self is telling me I don’t need to go to the gym so I think there is a little of … Continue reading →

Omega 3 improved menstural cramp pains and need for ibuprofen after 3 months use.

In two separate studies, there seemed to be no advantage to using 80 mg steroid over 40 mg. If one stuck to 40 mg, then one could have a shot every 6 weeks, rather than having to wait 3 months … Continue reading →

Always a risk in some developing countries  – but never had a clear picture of the features like this. More for my reference…

Had a pateint with severe pains out of proportion to what one would expect. He has a couple of pain conditions that ran in family and I felt probably had pain genes that augmented the condition. Insurers treated him with complete disdain … Continue reading →

Series on Reviews puts post root canal chronic pains >6 months anywhere from 5% to over 7%.  Cases have been treated with Botulinum.

Mixing Lidocaine and 8.4% sodium bicarbonate to ph 8 can be a puzzler and difficult given the propensity of lidocaine to precipitate at neutral ph’s. Putting in spinal lidocaine (5% lidocaine in 5% dextrose) first and then an equal volume … Continue reading →

Serum Serotonin levels are not low in Fibromyalgia; they are only low in FM subjects on antidepressants. This would explain why antidepressants do not have a major effect on FM.