March 2014

Neuromodulatory Treatments for Chronic Pain

Chronic pain is common, and the available treatments do not provide adequate relief for most patients. Neuromodulatory interventions that modify brain processes underlying the experience of pain have the potential to provide substantial relief for some of these patients. The purpose of this Review is to summarize the state of knowledge regarding the efficacy and …

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Pain Management and Prescription Drugs

Pain is a significant public health problem. Chronic pain alone affects approximately 100 million U.S. adults. Pain reduces quality of life and can affect specific population groups disparately. Currently, large numbers of Americans receive inadequate pain prevention, assessment, and treatment, in part because of the financial incentives that work against the provision of the best, …

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HIV Sensory Neuropathy

Peripheral neuropathy presents clinically in 30–60% of people living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), and nearly all AIDS patients have an evidence of peripheral neuropathy at autopsy. HIV-associated sensory neuropathy (HIV-SN) is one of the most common forms of peripheral neuropathy. It has been found that 57% of HIV-infected individuals have distal symmetrical SN and …

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