Recommendations to standardize patients' follow-up after interventional procedures in chronic pain treatment: A Delphi study.

Objective: To determine, using the Delphi method, standardized recommendations for the follow-up of patients undergoing an interventional procedure for the treatment of chronic pain in Spain.

Methods: First, a systematic literature review was performed to identify the literature on the management of patients with chronic pain undergoing interventional techniques; subsequently, a two-round Delphi survey with 108 questions was conducted. The questionnaire was validated by a Scientific Committee (5 experts) and sent to 47 experts specialized in chronic pain.

Add-on treatment with pregabalin for patients with uncontrolled neuropathic pain who have been referred to pain clinics.

Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the impact of pregabalin on pain, other symptoms, and patient-reported outcomes for patients with uncontrolled pain who have been referred to pain clinics.

Patients And Methods: Adult patients with uncontrolled pain who had a score of ≥4 in the DN4 questionnaire were evaluated at baseline, month 3, and month 6. Evaluations included pain levels using a visual analog (VAS) scale as well as anxiety, depression, sleep, disability, and treatment satisfaction employing validated tools.

Dopaminergic modulation of neuropathic pain: analgesia in rats by a D2-type receptor agonist.

Experimental studies have shown that dopaminergic mechanisms can modulate both nociception and chronic pain perception, but such property is not exploited pharmacologically at the clinical level. We have previously shown that levodopa produces D2-receptor-mediated antiallodynic effects in rats with peripheral mononeuropathy. Here, we test the effects of a D2-type receptor (D2R) agonist, quinpirole, on neuropathic pain in rats.

Clinical characteristics, patient-reported outcomes, and previous therapeutic management of patients with uncontrolled neuropathic pain referred to pain clinics.

Background. The aim of this report was to evaluate the clinical profile and previous management of patients with uncontrolled neuropathic pain who were referred to pain clinics. Methods.