Neuropathic pain(NPP)is a kind of pain caused by disease or damage impacting the somatosensory system.Ion channel drugs are the main treatment for NPP;however,their irregular usage leads to unsatisfactory pain relief....Neuropathic pain(NPP)is a kind of pain caused by disease or damage impacting the somatosensory system.Ion channel drugs are the main treatment for NPP;however,their irregular usage leads to unsatisfactory pain relief.To regulate the treatment of NPP with ion channel drugs in clinical practice,the Chinese Association for the Study of Pain organized first-line pain management experts from China to write an expert consensus as the reference for the use of ion channels drugs.Here,we reviewed the mechanism and characteristics of sodium and calcium channel drugs,and developed recommendations for the therapeutic principles and clinical practice for carbamazepine,oxcarbazepine,lidocaine,bulleyaconitine A,pregabalin,and gabapentin.We hope this guideline provides guidance to clinicians and patients on the use of ion channel drugs for the management of NPP.展开更多
On the basis of continuous improvement in recent years,radiofrequency therapy technology has been widely developed,and has become an effective method for the treatment of various intractable pain.Radiofrequency therap...On the basis of continuous improvement in recent years,radiofrequency therapy technology has been widely developed,and has become an effective method for the treatment of various intractable pain.Radiofrequency therapy is a technique that uses special equipment and puncture needles to output ultra-high frequency radio waves and accurately act on local tissues.In order to standardize the application of radiofrequency technology in the treatment of painful diseases,Chinese Association for the Study of Pain(CASP)has developed a consensus proposed by many domestic experts and scholars.展开更多
Clinical studies have found that patients withcervical degenerative disease are usually accompanied by dizziness.Anterior cervical surgery can eliminate not only chronic neck pain,cervical radiculopathy or myelopathy,...Clinical studies have found that patients withcervical degenerative disease are usually accompanied by dizziness.Anterior cervical surgery can eliminate not only chronic neck pain,cervical radiculopathy or myelopathy,but also dizziness.Immunohistochemical studies show that a large number of mechanoreceptors,especially Ruffini corpuscles,are present in degenerated cervical discs.The available evidence suggests a key role of Ruffini corpuscles in the pathogenesis of dizziness caused by cervical degenerative disease(i.e.cervical discogenic dizziness).Disc degeneration is characterized by an elevation of inflammatory cytokines,which stimulates the mechanoreceptors in degenerated discs and results in peripheral sensitization.Abnormal cervical proprioceptive inputs from the mechanoreceptors are transmitted to the central nervous system,resulting in sensory mismatches with vestibular and visual information and leads to dizziness.In addition,neck pain caused by cervical disc degeneration can play a key role in cervical discogenic dizziness by increasing the sensitivity of muscle spindles.Like cervical discogenic pain,the diagnosis of cervical discogenic dizziness can be challenging and can be made only after other potential causes of dizziness have been ruled out.Conservative treatment is effective for the majority of patients.Existing basic and clinical studies have shown that cervical intervertebral disc degeneration can lead to dizziness.展开更多
Clinical studies have suggested that internal and/or external aversive cues may produce a negative affective-motivational component whereby maladaptive responses(plasticity)of dural afferent neurons are initiated cont...Clinical studies have suggested that internal and/or external aversive cues may produce a negative affective-motivational component whereby maladaptive responses(plasticity)of dural afferent neurons are initiated contributing to migraine chronification.However,pathophysiological processes and neural circuitry involved in aversion(unpleasantness)-producing migraine chronification are still evolving.An interdisciplinary team conducted this narrative review aimed at reviewing neuronal plasticity for developing migraine chronicity and its relevant neurocircuits and providing the most cutting-edge information on neuronal mechanisms involved in the processing of affective aspects of pain and the role of unpleasantness evoked by internal and/or external cues in facilitating the chronification process of migraine headache.Thus,information presented in this review promotes the understanding of the pathophysiology of chronic migraine and contribution of unpleasantness(aversion)to migraine chronification.We hope that it will bring clinicians’attention to how the maladaptive neuroplasticity of the emotion brain in the aversive environment produces a significant impact on the chronification of migraine headache,which will in turn lead to new therapeutic strategies for this type of pain.展开更多
基金Supported by Sichuan Science and Technology Program,No.2018SZ0386。
文摘Neuropathic pain(NPP)is a kind of pain caused by disease or damage impacting the somatosensory system.Ion channel drugs are the main treatment for NPP;however,their irregular usage leads to unsatisfactory pain relief.To regulate the treatment of NPP with ion channel drugs in clinical practice,the Chinese Association for the Study of Pain organized first-line pain management experts from China to write an expert consensus as the reference for the use of ion channels drugs.Here,we reviewed the mechanism and characteristics of sodium and calcium channel drugs,and developed recommendations for the therapeutic principles and clinical practice for carbamazepine,oxcarbazepine,lidocaine,bulleyaconitine A,pregabalin,and gabapentin.We hope this guideline provides guidance to clinicians and patients on the use of ion channel drugs for the management of NPP.
文摘On the basis of continuous improvement in recent years,radiofrequency therapy technology has been widely developed,and has become an effective method for the treatment of various intractable pain.Radiofrequency therapy is a technique that uses special equipment and puncture needles to output ultra-high frequency radio waves and accurately act on local tissues.In order to standardize the application of radiofrequency technology in the treatment of painful diseases,Chinese Association for the Study of Pain(CASP)has developed a consensus proposed by many domestic experts and scholars.
文摘Clinical studies have found that patients withcervical degenerative disease are usually accompanied by dizziness.Anterior cervical surgery can eliminate not only chronic neck pain,cervical radiculopathy or myelopathy,but also dizziness.Immunohistochemical studies show that a large number of mechanoreceptors,especially Ruffini corpuscles,are present in degenerated cervical discs.The available evidence suggests a key role of Ruffini corpuscles in the pathogenesis of dizziness caused by cervical degenerative disease(i.e.cervical discogenic dizziness).Disc degeneration is characterized by an elevation of inflammatory cytokines,which stimulates the mechanoreceptors in degenerated discs and results in peripheral sensitization.Abnormal cervical proprioceptive inputs from the mechanoreceptors are transmitted to the central nervous system,resulting in sensory mismatches with vestibular and visual information and leads to dizziness.In addition,neck pain caused by cervical disc degeneration can play a key role in cervical discogenic dizziness by increasing the sensitivity of muscle spindles.Like cervical discogenic pain,the diagnosis of cervical discogenic dizziness can be challenging and can be made only after other potential causes of dizziness have been ruled out.Conservative treatment is effective for the majority of patients.Existing basic and clinical studies have shown that cervical intervertebral disc degeneration can lead to dizziness.
基金Supported by The Science and Technology Department of Yibin,No.2016YZY004.
文摘Clinical studies have suggested that internal and/or external aversive cues may produce a negative affective-motivational component whereby maladaptive responses(plasticity)of dural afferent neurons are initiated contributing to migraine chronification.However,pathophysiological processes and neural circuitry involved in aversion(unpleasantness)-producing migraine chronification are still evolving.An interdisciplinary team conducted this narrative review aimed at reviewing neuronal plasticity for developing migraine chronicity and its relevant neurocircuits and providing the most cutting-edge information on neuronal mechanisms involved in the processing of affective aspects of pain and the role of unpleasantness evoked by internal and/or external cues in facilitating the chronification process of migraine headache.Thus,information presented in this review promotes the understanding of the pathophysiology of chronic migraine and contribution of unpleasantness(aversion)to migraine chronification.We hope that it will bring clinicians’attention to how the maladaptive neuroplasticity of the emotion brain in the aversive environment produces a significant impact on the chronification of migraine headache,which will in turn lead to new therapeutic strategies for this type of pain.
