Pain medicine : the official journal of the American Academy of Pain Medicine

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• Pain Med · Apr 2016

  Erratum.

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• Pain Med · Apr 2016

  Letter Case Reports

  Off-Label, Low-Dose Naltrexone for Refractory Painful Diabetic Neuropathy.

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• Pain Med · Apr 2016

  Review Case Reports

  Intravenous Ketamine for Rapid Opioid Dose Reduction, Reversal of Opioid-Induced Neurotoxicity, and Pain Control in Terminal Care: Case Report and Literature Review.

  We report a case of opioid-induced neurotoxicity (OIN) in an actively dying hospice patient, its reversal and improved analgesia that followed opioid dosage reduction made possible after addition of IV ketamine. We briefly review the diagnosis and treatment of OIN. ⋯ OIN should be considered as an etiology of CNS dysfunction occurring with prolonged, high-dose opioid therapy. This case highlights the opioid-sparing and analgesic properties of low-dose ketamine, allowing reversal of OIN in the home hospice setting.

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• Pain Med · Apr 2016

  Letter Case Reports

  Early Diagnostic Value of 18F-FDG PET/CT in Spontaneous Spondylodiscitis.

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• Pain Med · Apr 2016

  Migraine, Osmophobia, and Anxiety.

  To evaluate the association between osmophobia and the characteristics of patients and their headaches, among migraine patients. ⋯ Osmophobia in migraine patients is associated with significant anxiety symptoms, length of headache history, and phonophobia.

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