Chronic cholecystitis is a common disorder of the digestive system, with the symptoms of distension or vague pain in the right hypochondriac region, dry mouth with bitter taste, poor appetite, and anorexia for greasy food. Traditional Chinese medicine may show better effects than that of western medicine. So, acupuncture and herbal medication were adopted for the treatment, with the effects com...

introduction: pharmacological blockage of glial activity has been proved useful for treatment of neuropathic pain by lowering proinflammatory cytokines. the present study is to confirm the effect of post-injury administration of pentoxifylline on chronic constriction injury (cci)-induced neuropathic pain symptoms_ and improved the efficacy of morphine anti-nociception. methods: male wistar rats...

objective(s): neuropathic pain remains a clinical problem and is poorly relieved by conventional analgesics. this study was designed to determine whether maprotiline administration was effective in alleviating symptoms of neuropathic pain and whether the antinociceptive effect of maprotiline mediated through the opioid system. materials and methods: neuropathic pain was induced by chronic const...

This paper is a review of physiological and behavioral data on motor cortex stimulation (MCS) and its role in persistent neuropathic pain. MCS has been widely used in clinical medicine as a tool for the management of pain that does not respond satisfactorily to any kind of conventional analgesia. Some important mechanisms involved in nociceptive modulation still remains unclear. The aim of this...

Srinivasa N. Raja, MD Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, Md., USA Email: [email protected] Mark Wallace, MD Department of Anesthesiology University of California San Diego, Calif., USA Email: [email protected] N europathic pain afflicts millions of people globally and presents a major health and economic burden. Epidemiological studies car...

Common chemotherapeutic agents such as oxaliplatin often cause neuropathic pain during cancer treatment in patients. Such neuropathic pain is difficult to treat and responds poorly to common analgesics, which represents a challenging clinical issue. Corydalis yanhusuo is an old traditional Chinese medicine with demonstrated analgesic efficacy in humans. However, the potential analgesic effect o...

Diabetic peripheral neuropathic pain affects the functionality, mood, and sleep patterns of approximately 10 to 20 percent of patients with diabetes mellitus. Treatment goals include restoring function and improving pain control. Patients can realistically expect a 30 to 50 percent reduction in discomfort with improved functionality. The main classes of agents used to treat diabetic peripheral ...

conclusions this study demonstrated numerous clinical similarities of trigeminal neuralgia afflicting different populations. right side was more involved along with mandibular division the most commonly affected. however studies needs to be done to know the exact reasons of involvement of the affected side and branches. results the age of the patients varied from 40 to 80 years with a mean age ...

Introduction: Neuropathic pain is one of the common complications of diabetes mellitus which is caused by impairment in nerve conductivity. The role of flavonoid and polyphenol compounds in treatment of neuropathic pain has been revealed, and extract of onion contains significant amounts of these compounds. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of alcoholic extract of onion on ...

background: to determine the prevalence and patterns of complementary and alternative medicine (cam) use in urban population in isfahan. methods: in a cross–sectional study through two-stage sampling methods, 870 individuals were selected from isfahan province, center of iran. we selected 20 clusters randomly and chose one household from each cluster by chance then 24 households were included...