Pain medicine : the official journal of the American Academy of Pain Medicine
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Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter Study
Pregabalin in the treatment of herpetic neuralgia: results of a multicenter Chinese study.
The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy, impact on quality of life, and safety of pregabalin for the treatment of acute herpetic neuralgia (AHN) and subacute herpetic neuralgia (SHN). ⋯ Both combination therapy with oxycodone plus pregabalin and oxycodone monotherapy were effective and safe for herpetic neuralgia. In addition, subjects on combination therapy showed shortened time to pain relief, reduced pain intensity, and greater improvement than oxycodone alone.
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Randomized Controlled Trial
Time to improvement of pain and sleep quality in clinical trials of pregabalin for the treatment of fibromyalgia.
To determine the time to immediate and sustained clinical improvement in pain and sleep quality with pregabalin in patients with fibromyalgia. ⋯ Both immediate and sustained clinical improvements in pain and sleep quality occurred faster with pregabalin vs placebo.