A Comparison of Dysautonomias Comorbid with Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome and with Migraine by Gisela Chelimsky, Shruti Madan, Amer Alshekhlee, Elizabeth Heller, Kevin McNeeley, Thomas Chelimsky

“…CVS and migraine did not differ in the relative frequencies of fibromyalgia, OI, syncope, and functional dyspepsia. …”
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The Effect of Occupational Engagement on Lifestyle in Adults Living with Chronic Pain: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis by Svetlana Solgaard Nielsen, Søren T. Skou, Anette Enemark Larsen, Alessio Bricca, Jens Søndergaard, Jeanette Reffstrup Christensen

“…The meta-analysis suggested a moderate increase in physical activity after behavioral interventions for fibromyalgia and musculoskeletal pain (SMD=0.69 (0.29; 1.09)) and a small increase in sleep quality up to 6 months after multidisciplinary self-management of fibromyalgia (SMD=0.35 (95% CI 0.08; 0.61)). …”
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A Look at Commonly Utilized Serotonin Noradrenaline Reuptake Inhibitors (SNRIs) in Chronic Pain by Christopher Robinson, Suhani Dalal, Ahish Chitneni, Anand Patil, Amnon A. Berger, Syed Mahmood, Vwaire Orhurhu, Alan D. Kaye, Jamal Hasoon

“… # Recent Findings SNRIs, including duloxetine, venlafaxine, and milnacipran, have demonstrated efficacy in reducing pain in musculoskeletal pain (chronic low back pain and osteoarthritis), fibromyalgia, and neuropathic pain conditions (peripheral diabetic neuropathy)…”
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Duloxetine Contributing to a Successful Multimodal Treatment Program for Peripheral Femoral Neuropathy and Comorbid ‘Reactive Depression’ in an Adolescent by Ludmyla Kachko, Shiri Ben Ami, Alon Liberman, Einat Birk, Sefi Kronenberg

“…In the United States, duloxetine has been approved for the treatment of major depressive disorder, diabetic peripheral neuropathic pain and fibromyalgia in the adult population. Data regarding the use of duloxetine in the pediatric population, however, are very limited. …”
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Pulsed Electromagnetic Field Therapy as a Complementary Alternative for Chronic Pelvic Pain Management in an Interstitial Cystitis/Bladder Pain Syndrome Patient by Tyler L. Overholt, Christina Ross, Robert J. Evans, Stephen J. Walker

“…This therapy has demonstrated efficacy in management of other chronic pain syndromes including fibromyalgia and chronic low back pain. Herein, we describe a case of pulsed electromagnetic field therapy for management of interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome that resulted in decreases in pelvic pain, burning with bladder filling, and other nonpelvic pain symptoms. …”
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Nonspecificity of Chronic Soft Tissue Pain Syndromes by Eldon Tunks

“…A few decades ago the term 'neuraesthenia' was used as a diagnosis in individuals who now would probably be diagnosed as suffering from fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue and anxiety disorders with fatigue. …”
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Rare Case Studies of Bilateral and Symmetric Sacroiliac Disease by Stephen Soloway, Alyxandra M. Soloway, Tyler G. Chin, Timothy Lieske

“…People are often misdiagnosed and mislabeled as fibromyalgia because their serologies are negative. Our goal is to point out the importance of proper evaluation, diagnosis, and importance of inflammatory SIJ disease and conditions that involve SIJ inflammation. …”
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Advanced Genetic Testing Comes to the Pain Clinic to Make a Diagnosis of Paroxysmal Extreme Pain Disorder by Ashley Cannon, Svetlana Kurklinsky, Kimberly J. Guthrie, Douglas L. Riegert-Johnson

“…A 61-year-old female with a history of acute facial pain, chronic pain, fibromyalgia, and constipation was found to have a gain of function SCN9A mutation by whole exome sequencing. …”
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Recommendations for dispensing magnesium products in pharmacy practice and primary health care by Piotr Merks, Urszula Religioni, Marta Jakubowska, Sainul Abideen Parakkal, Suhaj Abdulsalim, Agnieszka Neumann-Podczaska, Beata Chełstowska, Mazhuvanchery Kesavan Unnikrishnan, Alicja Szatko, Piotr Glinicki, Shabeer Ali Thorakkattil, Zbigniew Doniec, Regis Vaillancourt, Dagmara Hering

“…In this context, guidelines were developed to help identify magnesium deficiency in patients with type 2 diabetes, insulin resistance, migraines, fibromyalgia, depression, anxiety states or hypertension. …”
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Pathology and Treatment of Traumatic Cervical Spine Syndrome: Whiplash Injury by Nobuhiro Tanaka, Kivanc Atesok, Kazuyoshi Nakanishi, Naosuke Kamei, Toshio Nakamae, Shinji Kotaka, Nobuo Adachi

“…In recent years, cerebrospinal fluid hypovolemia or fibromyalgia has been recognized as a major notable cause of a variety of symptoms, although many clinical questions remain regarding the pathology of this syndrome. …”
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Enteropathic Spondyloarthritis: From Diagnosis to Treatment by Rosario Peluso, Matteo Nicola Dario Di Minno, Salvatore Iervolino, Francesco Manguso, Giuseppina Tramontano, Pasquale Ambrosino, Carmela Esposito, Antonella Scalera, Fabiana Castiglione, Raffaele Scarpa

“…Rheumatic manifestations are the most frequent extraintestinal findings of IBD with a prevalence between 17% and 39%, and IBD is associated, less frequently, with other rheumatic disease such as rheumatoid arthritis, Sjogren syndrome, Takayasu arteritis, and fibromyalgia. Although the pathogenesis of EA has not been plainly clarified, the most popular theory supposes that joint inflammation occurs in genetically predisposed subjects with bacterial gut infections, provided an important evidence for a possible relationship between inflammation of the gut mucosa and arthritis. …”
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Medical cannabis in the management of musculoskeletal pain: a systematic review of clinical trials by Przemysław Płatek, Laura Piejko

“…Recent scientific findings suggest that cannabinoids may be therapeutically beneficial for conditions such as neurodegenerative disorders, seizures, nausea and vomiting, insomnia, neuropathic pain, excessive muscle tension, fibromyalgia, osteoarthritis (OA), rheumatoid arthritis (RA), and chronic wounds. …”
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Factors associated with receiving a Functional Disorder diagnostic label: A systematic review. by Mais Tattan, Judith Rosmalen, Denise Hanssen

“…Examples of FDs include Fibromyalgia and Irritable Bowel Syndrome. Many patients who meet the criteria do not receive a formal diagnostic label. …”
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The Diagnostic Journey of Dysautonomia Patients: Insights from a Patient-Reported Outcome Study by John A. O’Dell MSN, MBA, Ash Walker DHSc, Andrew J. Latham PhD, Daniel J. Parisian PhD, Lindsay E. Branch BS, Dreena D. Vanderburg, Ava A. Cox, Shelley Chavis, Silvia E. Smith PhD

“…Common comorbid conditions are Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, mast cell disorders, vitamin deficiency, fibromyalgia, and myalgic encephalomyelitis, all of which can contribute to the symptoms burden and can potentially confound the diagnostic process. …”
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Quality of Life as Medicine: A Pilot Studyof Patients with Chronic Illness and Pain by Soren Ventegodt, Joav Merrick, JØrgen Anderson

“…Nineteen persons with chronic illness and pain (fibromyalgia, chronic tiredness, whiplash, mild depression, and problems involving pain in arms and legs including osteoarthritis), and unemployed for 5–7 years attended the course. …”
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History of Pain Research and Management in Canada by Harold Merskey

“…Work in Toronto by Moldofsky and Smythe was probably responsible for turning ideas about fibromyalgia from the quaint concept of 'psychogenic rheumatism' into the more fruitful avenue of empirical exploration of brain function, muscle tender points and clinical definition of disease. …”
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Real-world clinical experience with secukinumab in psoriatic arthritis: an observational study and a literature review by Eleonora Celletti, Giulio Gualdi, Emanuela Sabatini, Francesco Cipollone, Fabio Lobefaro, Paolo Amerio

“…The major comorbidities recorded were fibromyalgia (33% of patients), recurrent bilateral anterior uveitis, and autoimmune thyroiditis with hypothyroidism (both 13% of the patients). …”
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Patterns of Comorbidity and Multimorbidity Among Patients With Multiple Sclerosis in a Large US Commercially Insured and Medicare Advantage Population by Dingwei Dai, Ajay Sharma, Amy L. Phillips, Carroline Lobo

“…Symptoms specific to MS (ie, malaise, fatigue, depression, spasms, fibromyalgia, convulsions) were more common among patients younger than 65 (all _P_ < .0001). …”
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Transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation as a pain modulator in knee osteoarthritis: a randomized controlled clinical trial by Gehad Gamal Elsehrawy, Maha Emad Ibrahim, Nermeen Hassan A.moneim, Mohamed Ahmed Hefny, Nashwa Kamel El Shaarawy

“…It has been demonstrated that transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation (tVNS) can relieve pain, inflammation, and central sensitization in other conditions including fibromyalgia, pelvic pain, and headaches. We aimed to assess the efficacy and safety of tVNS on nociceptive pain, central sensitization, and physical function in knee OA. …”
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The Patient-Reported Outcomes Thermometer–5-Item Scale (5T-PROs): Validation of a New Tool for the Quick Assessment of Overall Health Status in Painful Rheumatic Diseases by Fausto Salaffi, Marco Di Carlo, Marina Carotti, Sonia Farah

“…To investigate the construct validity, reliability (internal consistency and retest reliability), and feasibility of the patient-reported outcomes thermometer–5-item scale (5T-PROs), a new tool to measure overall health status in patients with painful chronic rheumatic diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis (RA), psoriatic arthritis (PsA), axial spondyloarthritis (axialSpA), and fibromyalgia (FM). Methods. Consecutive patients have been involved in this study. …”
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