Pain medicine : the official journal of the American Academy of Pain Medicine
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To evaluate the impact of an extended-release, once-daily morphine sulfate formulation on depressive symptoms and neurocognition in patients with chronic nonmalignant pain. ⋯ Achieving adequate pain control with once-daily morphine was associated with a reduction in pain and improvements in depressive symptoms and cognitive functioning in the short term.
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The Web not only can play a role in helping patients learn about their chronic pain, but can also be a source of misleading or untrue information. This study evaluates the quality of Internet information available concerning chronic pain at different sites, and determines the relation between quality and the source and character of the Websites. ⋯ Based on QWI scores, clinicians can recommend chronic pain Websites to provide their patients with accurate and pertinent information.
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This study was conducted to investigate the efficacy and safety of gabapentin monotherapy in the management of chemotherapy-induced neuropathic pain. ⋯ Gabapentin monotherapy seems to be well tolerated and useful for the management of chemotherapy-induced neuropathic pain.
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To identify associations between prescription coverage and cancer pain and its sequelae in indigent patients. ⋯ Indigent patients without prescription coverage trended toward reporting more cancer pain, received lower doses of transdermal fentanyl, and trended to lower adherence to pain regimens due to financial reasons. The trends observed in this pilot study will guide the design of a hypothesis-driven regression analysis.