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Jun 1, 2013
Pharmacologic Management of Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathic Pain
A comprehensive and systematic review of published literature for the treatment of diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN) from 1965 through 2012 has been completed at the Brody School of Medicine at East… -
Jun 1, 2013
New and Developing Drugs for the Treatment of Neuropathic Pain in Diabetes
Dr. Roy Freeman, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, received funding from the NIH to pursue the review of specific drugs, newly approved or in development, to treat neuropathic pain in… -
May 1, 2013
Comparative Efficacy of Oral Pharmaceuticals for the Treatment of Chronic Peripheral Neuropathic Pain
The goal of this study was to assess the efficacy of oral medications on chronic peripheral neuropathy since studies typically report of short-duration outcomes and fail to account for medication… -
May 1, 2013
Sudoscan Test Efficiently Detected Diabetic Neuropathy
Dr. Aaron Vinik, MD, PhD, Professor of Medicine and Director of Research at Eastern Virginia Medical School, and his team have developed an FDA-approved device which measures sweat glands to detect… -
May 1, 2013
Duloxetine and Pregabalin: High-dose monotherapy or their combination?
Duloxetine (ie, Cymbalta, and others) and pregabalin (ie, Lyrica) are used in the first line of treatment for diabetic peripheral neuropathy but have been shown to provide any relief in only… -
May 1, 2013
Painful and Painless Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy: One Disease or Two?
Researchers in Endocrinology at the university of Tor Vergata, Rome, published a review of available literature dealing with the similarities and differences between painful and painless DPN to try and… -
May 1, 2013
Nutraceuticals and Chemotherapy-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy (CIPN): A Systematic Review
A team of researchers at Queensland, School of Medicine, reviewed 24 studies to determine if nutraceuticals (i.e., vitamin E, acetyl-L-carnitine, glutamine, glutathione, alpha lipoic acid, magnesium, and others) are effective… -
Apr 3, 2013
Herb Fine: Still Going Strong
Herb Fine is 92 years young. A veteran and retired lawyer, Herb has always had a passion to learn and to live life to the very fullest. He practiced law…