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Monthly Archives: July 2010
Cytokine Inflammation Diseases Will Be the Diseases of the 21st Century
Cytokine (Immune chemical) diseases will become more clear in the ensuing years. Recently Tension headache was associated with higher Interleukin-6 levels.
Posted in Fibromyalgia, pain mechanisms
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High Vitamin D Prevents Pains from Breast Cancer Aromatase Inhibitors – But is Hard to Achieve
Aromatase Inhibitors are used in post menopausal women to prevent breast cancer recurrence. Aching muscles and joints can be a hazard. High Vitamin D levels help prevent this problem but this is harder to achieve then one would think.
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Shoulder Impingement Much More Than Rotator Cuff – New Treatment Suggestion
A recent study showed diffuse muscle trigger knots about the shoulder in impingement syndrome, highlighting the fact there is considerable peripheral and central sensitization. Measures dealing with this disease must deal with these issues.
Posted in shoulder
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Chronic Nonspecific Neck Pain Cut in Half With Just an Epidural Of Local Anesthetic
Chronic neck pain without a disc protrusion or facet indications (negative blocks) gets no respect. One can have pain from internal disc disruptions in a neck disc and have nothing to show for it. Now it looks like the patient’s pain can … Continue reading
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Drippy Nose and Nothing Helps? – Soak It With Botox (Botulinum)
Idiopathic rhinitis is a condition where the nose drips for no reason – it can be resistant to treatment though Botox has been found helpful
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Use of Transcutaneous Nerve Stimulation and Lyrica for Post Herpetic Neuralgia
TENS became a significant add-on when used with pregabalin for Post-herpetic neuralgia
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Smokers 1.5 times More Back Pain – Does Quitting Become An Effective Treatment?
This was a large Canadian study and results demonstrated “this association remained significant after controlling for sociodemographics and any lifetime anxiety or mood disorder.” If smokers back pain dropped to normal after quitting, this would result in a 33% improvement. … Continue reading
Posted in Back Pain, TMJ
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Miracle Treatment – Low Back Post Herpetic (Post Shingles)Neuralgia Treated With Epidural Steroid and Spinal Midazolam Without Local Can Give Significant Relief For Over 3 Months
Post Herpetic Neuralgia (PHN) is a horrendous disease with limited options. A group with low back version of this were treated with 60 mg methylprednisolone and 2 mg midazolam in saline epidurally. Note – no local anesthtic block was necessary. … Continue reading
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How One May Obtain Significant Relief Pain With Over the Counter (OTC) Meds – Using Dextromethorphan
NOTE – many drugs could be effected by treatment below (and potentially dangerously) and so this should be supervised by your doctor or your pharmacist -especially if on Warfarin. There are rare cases of Dextromethorpan “Benylin cough syrup” dependence mentioned … Continue reading
Posted in Drugs, Fibromyalgia
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Making Your Own Lidocaine Patches
Lidocaine patches are ridiculously expensive and yet ridiculously easy to make – here’s how.
Posted in Topical Pain Treatments
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