Easing the pain
April 7, 2015
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The combination of two well-known drugs will have unprecedented effects on pain management, says new research from Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션™s.
Combining morphine, a narcotic pain reliever, and nortriptyline, an antidepressant, has been found to successfully relieve chronic neuropathic pain 카지노 게임 컬렉션“ or a localized sensation of pain due to abnormal function of the nervous system 카지노 게임 컬렉션“ in 87 per cent of patients, and significantly better than with either drug alone.
카지노 게임 컬렉션śChronic pain is an increasingly common problem and can exert disastrous personal, societal, and socio-economic impacts on patients, their families, and their communities,카지노 게임 컬렉션ť says Ian Gilron, lead author of the study. 카지노 게임 컬렉션śCurrent neuropathic pain treatments are ineffective or intolerable for many sufferers so this new evidence supporting the morphine-nortriptyline combination is important news for patients.카지노 게임 컬렉션ť
During the study, average daily pain was measured using a patient카지노 게임 컬렉션™s numerical rating of pain on a validated scale from 0 카지노 게임 컬렉션“ 10. It was found that average daily pain before treatment was 5.6, which dropped to 2.6 when the patient was receiving the drug combination. On average, patients taking nortriptyline and morphine alone rated their pain at 3.1 and 3.4, respectively.
카지노 게임 컬렉션śMorphine and nortriptyline are excellent candidates for pain management because of the extensive research conducted on them, their low cost, and widespread availability all over the world.카지노 게임 컬렉션ť
It was also found that common side effects for both drugs, which can include constipation and dry mouth, did not worsen during the combination treatment.
카지노 게임 컬렉션śIt카지노 게임 컬렉션™s important to remember that we don카지노 게임 컬렉션™t want to completely eliminate patients카지노 게임 컬렉션™ ability to sense pain as it카지노 게임 컬렉션™s a warning system for us, but we do want to find the right balance of pain relief and drug side effects,카지노 게임 컬렉션ť says Dr. Gilron, a professor in Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션™s School of Medicine and anesthesiologist at Kingston General Hospital. 카지노 게임 컬렉션śMorphine and nortriptyline are excellent candidates for pain management because of the extensive research conducted on them, their low cost, and widespread availability all over the world.카지노 게임 컬렉션ť
In the double-blind, randomized crossover study, every patient had the opportunity to try every one of the three treatments: the combination, morphine alone and nortriptyline alone in each of the three six-week treatment periods. Throughout each treatment period, patients attended follow-up assessments to record their pain levels and side effects.
This research was published in PAIN, the highest impact pain journal globally. To read the study's abstract, please follow.