Music as a sleep aid in fibromyalgia.

Background: Interventions to improve sleep in fibromyalgia may generalize to improvements in multiple symptom domains. Delta-embedded music, pulsating regularly within the 0.25 Hz to 4 Hz frequency band of brain wave activity, has the potential to induce sleep.

Intake assessment of problematic use of medications in a chronic noncancer pain clinic.

Background: The present article outlines the process of instituting an assessment of risk of problematic use of medications with new patients in an ambulatory chronic noncancer pain (CNCP) clinic. It is hoped that the authors' experience through this iterative process will fill the gap in the literature by setting an example of an application of the 'universal precautions' approach to chronic pain management.

Objectives: To assess the feasibility and utility of the addition of a new risk assessment process and to provide a snapshot of the risk of problematic use of medications in new patients presenting to a tertiary ambulatory clinic treating CNCP.