Pain medicine : the official journal of the American Academy of Pain Medicine
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Letter Case Reports
Topical diclofenac treatment for post-incisional neuropathic pain.
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Randomized Controlled Trial
A single-center randomized controlled trial of local methylcobalamin injection for subacute herpetic neuralgia.
This study explored the efficacy of local methylcobalamin injection in relieving pain and improving the quality of life among subjects with subacute herpetic neuralgia. ⋯ Local methylcobalamin injection was not only efficacious in relieving pain, but also appears to be tolerable and a potential choice of treatment for subacute herpetic neuralgia.
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Case Reports
Prescription opioid forgery: reporting to law enforcement and protection of medical information.
To review confidentiality requirements of prescribers who become aware of a forged prescription. ⋯ Under common circumstances, HIPAA may prohibit prescribers from reporting prescription forgery to law enforcement. However, collaborating with a dispensing pharmacist may offer a lawful pathway to reporting prescription forgery. State legislature may consider laws that clarify the reporting responsibilities of prescribers in cases of prescription forgery.
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The aim of this study was to investigate the clinical characteristics of cluster headache (CH) in a neurology outpatient population in China. ⋯ This study details the clinical features of CH in a neurology outpatient population in China. Compared with Western studies, our patients were different in several aspects including the absence of chronic CH.