Exercise for treating fibromyalgia syndrome (cochrane)
MediNewsDigest: Sounds like it could beat drugs taht are moderately efficacious anyway.
quoting:
“…There is ‘gold’ level evidence (www.cochranemsk.org) that supervised aerobic exercise training has beneficial effects on physical capacity and FM symptoms….”
MedNewsDigest: Tai chi seems to hold some promise in that regard, CLICK Here for link to fibromyalgia-symptoms
Categories: Fibromyalgia, Uncategorized Tags: CareResourceGuide, cochrane, Exercise, fibromyalgia syndrome, fibromyalgia-symptoms, medinewsdigest, tai chi, Treating
Efficacies and Doses of Pregabalin [Lyrica] for acute and chronic pain in adults (Cochrane)
NNT: Number of patients who must be treated before one of them is likely to benefit. The lower,
the better.
Categories: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS), Chronic Pain, Fibromyalgia, neuroscience, pain Tags: acute, adults, CareResourceGuide, chronic pain, cochrane, Doses, Efficacies, Lyrica, pregabalin, sjcrg
Treatment of Pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP) in non-HIV immunocompromised patients
SJCRG: Pneumonia for Immunocompromized patients is even more serious. That means cancer patients etc. This an example of what can be done for such patients.
SJCRG: Wiki definition of Pneumocystis pneumonia
Categories: Uncategorized, cancer, infection Tags: cochrane, immunocompromised, non-HIV, Patients, PCP, Pneumocystis, pneumonia, sjcrg, treatment
MS: Review of Anti-spasticity agents for multiple sclerosis (Cochrane)
SJCRG: Not pretty: Not enough data for real guidance. But nice list of what is out tthere.
Categories: Multiple Sclerosis, autoimmune diseases Tags: Anti-spasticity, Care Resource Guide, cochrane, MS, Multiple Sclerosis, review, sjcrg
Categories: Uncategorized, neuroscience, tinnitus Tags: behavioural, cochrane, cognitive, Help, sjcrg, therapy, Tinnitus
Categories: Patient Care, aging, elderly Tags: cochrane, community, falls, Intervention, living, older, people, preventing, sjcrg
Categories: neuropathy Tags: chronic, cochrane, neuropathy, pain, pregabalin, sjcrg
Antidepressants versus placebo for depression in primary care (Cochrane)
SJCRG: Study says antidepressants work
SJCRG: Wiki def of Primary Care: your generalist
Categories: Uncategorized Tags: cochrane, depression, medication, placebo, sjcrg, SSRI, TCA
On Gabapentin for acute and chronic pain (Cochrane)
SJCRG: Quoting Cochrane:
“There is evidence to show that gabapentin is effective in neuropathic pain. There is limited evidence to show that gabapentin is ineffective in acute pain”
Categories: Uncategorized Tags: acute, chronic, cochrane, Gabapentin, pain, sjcrg
