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{"title":"Triptan treatment is associated with a higher number of red wine-induced migraine episodes: An exploratory questionnaire-based survey.","authors":"Laura Nedergaard, Maria Celine Martens, Michala Daniela Bach Christensen, Lanfranco Pellesi","doi":"10.1111/papr.13365","DOIUrl":"10.1111/papr.13365","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Aim: </strong>Diet, including foods and beverages, affects migraine. Conversely, the influence of migraine therapies on dietary habits is largely unknown. This study aimed at investigating the effects of triptan intake on foods and drinks consumed by adults with migraine with and/or without aura.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>An exploratory questionnaire-based survey took place online between November 2022 and June 2023. Participants were recruited through advertisements shared on social media accounts (e.g., Facebook and Instagram) and seasonal newsletters of three Danish patient associations. In addition, posters and flyers in headache and pain centers at Danish hospitals and private neurological, pain, and physiotherapeutic clinics were utilized.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 314 adults with migraine with and/or without aura completed the survey. Among the respondents, 236 individuals (75.2%) regularly used triptans to treat their migraines. Compared with non-triptan users, individuals using triptans were characterized by significantly more foods and/or drinks triggering migraine (74.2% vs. 56.4%, p = 0.005). Alcoholic beverages and most specifically red wine were overreported as migraine triggers by triptan users (48.3% vs. 21.8%, p < 0.001). In the week preceding the survey, red wine was significantly less consumed by triptan users than non-triptan users (92.4% vs. 76.9%, p < 0.001).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Patients who regularly consume triptans report red wine most frequently as a migraine trigger. Triptan users are characterized by a lower consumption of red wine than non-triptan users, suggesting that a regular triptan intake may promote an increased sensitivity to red wine-induced migraine.</p>","PeriodicalId":19974,"journal":{"name":"Pain Practice","volume":" ","pages":"832-838"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140050086","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"10 kHz stimulation as rescue therapy for spinal cord stimulation trial failure or loss of efficacy: A retrospective study.","authors":"Pasquale Buonanno, Giuseppe Servillo, Veerle Visser-Vandewalle, Georgios Matis","doi":"10.1111/papr.13369","DOIUrl":"10.1111/papr.13369","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Spinal cord stimulation (SCS) is currently used for the management of pain of different origin, and since its inception, many waveforms have been developed. Some patients experience no pain relief already during SCS trial, while other patients go through a loss of efficacy due to habituation after a variable period of satisfying pain control. Our retrospective study represents the first report exploring the potential role of 10 kHz stimulation as rescue therapy for patients who did not benefit not only from conventional stimulation but even from other waveforms during SCS trial or follow-up.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This study was conducted in Germany; we retrospectively enrolled patients with no pain relief during SCS trial or with loss of efficacy of other waveforms over time; and we recorded visual analogic scale (VAS), Oswestry Disability Index (ODI), and daily opioid consumption expressed as morphine milligram equivalents (MME), right before and 12 months after the switching to 10 kHz simulation.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The rate of successful switching to 10 kHz stimulation was comparable in patients enrolled during the SCS trial and during the follow-up (43% vs. 40%, respectively); notably, the highest rate of failed rescue was recorded in case of persistent spinal pain syndrome (PSPS) II. Patients who responded to the switching showed a significant improvement in VAS and ODI after 12 months of treatment compared to baseline (3.6 ± 1.0 vs. 8.2 ± 0.9, p < 0.00001 and 34.0 ± 7.8 vs. 64.3 ± 8.7, p < 0.0001, respectively), whereas there was no reduction in the consumption of opioids in terms of MME (3 (0-16) vs. 5 (0-8.75), p = 0.1003).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Rescue therapy with 10 kHz stimulation could be an important strategy to avoid SCS explant in both patients non-responsive during trial or experiencing a loss of efficacy during the years with other waveforms.</p>","PeriodicalId":19974,"journal":{"name":"Pain Practice","volume":" ","pages":"845-851"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140336505","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Intrathecal drug delivery systems for cancer pain: Considerations for device type and indication.","authors":"Taif Mukhdomi, Bennett Andrassy, Junaid Mukhdomi","doi":"10.1111/papr.13368","DOIUrl":"10.1111/papr.13368","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":19974,"journal":{"name":"Pain Practice","volume":" ","pages":"873-874"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140288753","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Comment on \"Pregabalin in patients with post-traumatic peripheral neuropathic pain: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials\".","authors":"I-Wen Chen, Chia-Li Kao, Kuo-Chuan Hung","doi":"10.1111/papr.13361","DOIUrl":"10.1111/papr.13361","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":19974,"journal":{"name":"Pain Practice","volume":" ","pages":"869-870"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140065667","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Regarding Yalçınkaya et al.'s \"Ossified/sequestrated lumbar disc: A ricochet in diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis\".","authors":"Min Cheol Chang","doi":"10.1111/papr.13344","DOIUrl":"10.1111/papr.13344","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":19974,"journal":{"name":"Pain Practice","volume":" ","pages":"817"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139088019","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The prevalence of head and face pain decreased from 1997 to 2017 in Switzerland.","authors":"Heiko Pohl, Maria Susanne Neumeier, Martin Hänsel, Susanne Wegener","doi":"10.1111/papr.13346","DOIUrl":"10.1111/papr.13346","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Pain in the head and the face is highly prevalent but may have changed during the past years. This study aimed to analyze changes in the prevalence of pain in the head and the face in Switzerland from 1997 to 2017.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This is a secondary analysis of data collected in the Swiss Health Surveys of 1997-2017. Included persons were 15 years and older. Besides studying demographic data, we analyze the item assessing the presence of \"headache, pressure in the head, or facial pain\" during the past 4 weeks. Percentages with their Wilson confidence intervals are reported for each response option of categorical variables. Moreover, we calculate the age-standardized number of persons affected by the pain.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>While 41% reported head and face pain in 1997, the proportion dropped to 31% in 2017. There was a decrease of 19.5% in women and 29.4% in men; after age standardization, the decrease was 16.5% in women and 25.4% in men. The most considerable numerical changes in the percentages of women with pain occurred in those aged 55-69 and 85 and above. In men, the changes were not limited to specific age groups.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The proportion of people reporting headaches, pressure in the head, or facial pain has dropped in Switzerland from 1997 to 2017. However, in women, the prevalence diminished more strongly and consistently in the middle-aged and the elderly than in the young.</p>","PeriodicalId":19974,"journal":{"name":"Pain Practice","volume":" ","pages":"709-716"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139513427","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Novel ultrasound-guided supraclavicular stellate ganglion block.","authors":"Mario Fajardo Pérez, Ece Yamak-Altinpulluk, Rodrigo Díez Tafur, Carlos H Salazar-Zamorano, Karla Espinosa Morales, Pablo Oliver-Fornies, Andrés Rocha-Romero, Ricardo Aguilar Ureña, Angel Juarez-Lemus, Felice Galluccio, Alaa Abd-Elsayed","doi":"10.1111/papr.13350","DOIUrl":"10.1111/papr.13350","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Stellate ganglion block (SGB) provides diagnostic and therapeutic benefits in pain syndromes in the head, neck, and upper extremity, including complex regional pain syndrome Types I and II, Raynaud's disease, hyperhidrosis, arterial embolism in the region of the arm.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We present a novel ultrasound-guided supraclavicular stellate ganglion block. Considering the existing anatomical structures of the targeted area.</p><p><strong>Results and conclusions: </strong>We hope that we can provide fewer complications and additional benefits with this new approach.</p>","PeriodicalId":19974,"journal":{"name":"Pain Practice","volume":" ","pages":"808-814"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139513424","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Dorsal root ganglion stimulation (DRG-s) for potential resolution of restless leg syndrome symptoms and increased cost savings for patients: A case study.","authors":"Alaa Abd-Elsayed, Robert Moghim, Noora Reffat","doi":"10.1111/papr.13349","DOIUrl":"10.1111/papr.13349","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>We report successful use of dorsal root ganglion stimulation (DRG-s) to treat a patient with persistent symptoms of restless leg syndrome (RLS).</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The treatment involved the placement of a small device millimeters away from the patient's DRG, which are nerves near the spinal cord that carry sensory information from the periphery of the body to the brain. The device automatically delivers electrical impulse to the DRG to alter and decrease pain perception in the brain.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Our case report elucidates the use of this procedure as a targeted therapy for RLS, with a nearly 90% reduction in reported symptoms in our patient, thus potentially reducing morbidity associated with this condition. Furthermore, we report a 10-year cost savings of nearly $90,000 following DRG-s for our patient.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>This case study aims to demonstrate the effectiveness of DRG-s neuromodulation in managing RLS, a condition that is often difficult and costly to treat.</p>","PeriodicalId":19974,"journal":{"name":"Pain Practice","volume":" ","pages":"805-807"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139491868","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Phenotypical characterization of exteroceptive sensation and pain symptoms on diabetic patients.","authors":"Inaeh de Paula Oliveira, Victória Regina da Silva Oliveira, Heloísa Alonso-Matielo, Beatriz Magalhães Eng, Daniel Ciampi de Andrade, Manoel Jacobsen Teixeira, Milena Cristina Dias Calsaverini, Fernando de Quadros Ribeiro, José Deney Alves Araújo, Helder Takashi Imoto Nakaya, José Pinhata Otoch, Camila Squarzoni Dale","doi":"10.1111/papr.13353","DOIUrl":"10.1111/papr.13353","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Backgroud: </strong>Diabetic neuropathy (DN) is one of the most common complications of diabetes, affecting about half of individuals with the disease. Among the various symptoms of DN, the development of chronic pain stands out and manifests as exacerbated responses to sensorial stimuli. The conventional clinical treatments used for general neuropathy and associated painful symptoms, still brings uncomplete and unsatisfactory pain relief. Patients with neuropathic pain syndromes are heterogeneous. They present with a variety of sensory symptoms and pain qualities which difficult the correct diagnosis of sensory comorbidities and consequently, the appropriate chronic pain management.</p><p><strong>Aims: </strong>Herein, we aimed to demonstrate the existence of different sensory profiles on diabetic patients by investigating epidemiological and clinical data on the symptomatology of a group of patients with DN.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This is a longitudinal and observational study, with a sample of 57 volunteers diagnosed with diabetes from outpatient day clinic of Hospital Universitário of the University of São Paulo-Brazil. After being invited and signed the Informed Consent Form (ICF), patients were submitted to clinical evaluation and filled out pain and quality of life questionnaires. They also performed quantitative sensory test (QST) and underwent skin biopsy for correlation with cutaneous neuropathology.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Data demonstrate that 70% of the studied sample presented some type of pain, manifesting in a neuropathic or nociceptive way, what has a negative impact on the life of patients with DM. We also demonstrated a positive association between pain and anxiety and depression, in addition to pain catastrophic thoughts. Three distinct profiles were identified in the sample, separated according to the symptoms of pain: (i) subjects without pain; (ii) with mild or moderate pain; (iii) subjects with severe pain. We also identified through skin biopsy that diabetic patients presented advanced sensory impairment, as a consequence of the degeneration of the myelinated and unmyelinated peripheral fibers. This study characterized the painful symptoms and exteroceptive sensation profile in these diabetic patients, associated to a considerable level of sensory degeneration, indicating, and reinforcing the importance of the long-term clinical monitoring of individuals diagnosed with DM, regarding their symptom profiles and exteroceptive sensitivity.</p>","PeriodicalId":19974,"journal":{"name":"Pain Practice","volume":" ","pages":"724-738"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139723548","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Long-term impact of spinal cord stimulation in FBSS patients: A retrospective ten-year analysis.","authors":"Giuseppe Cipollina, Lara Brunasso, Luigi Basile, Maria Angela Pino, Domenico Gerardo Iacopino, Rosario Maugeri","doi":"10.1111/papr.13343","DOIUrl":"10.1111/papr.13343","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":19974,"journal":{"name":"Pain Practice","volume":" ","pages":"815-816"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139111148","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}