The Clinical journal of pain
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Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter Study
Lacosamide in painful diabetic peripheral neuropathy: a phase 2 double-blind placebo-controlled study.
Peripheral diabetic neuropathy affects between 20% and 45% of patients with diabetes. ⋯ Lacosamide seems to attenuate pain in diabetic neuropathy in doses up to 400 mg/d and improves quality of life issues.
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Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter Study
Acupuncture for chronic low back pain in routine care: a multicenter observational study.
To investigate patient characteristics and outcomes after undergoing acupuncture treatment for chronic low back pain (cLBP) in Germany and to analyze chronification, pain grading, and depression as predictors for treatment outcomes. ⋯ Acupuncture treatment is associated with clinically relevant improvements in patients suffering from cLBP of varying degrees of chronification and/or severity.