At the opioid crossroad for chronic non cancer pain
Opioids are considered the pinnacle of pain management especially for severe pain and cancer pain.[1],[2],[3],[4] Severe systemic complications seen with the long-term nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory m...
Rami communicans fibers in discogenic low back pain: The controversies
Intervertebral disc innervation and mechanism of discogenic low back pain is a subject of debate. There is no controversy regarding innervation of anterior and lateral annuli. Nociception from this pa...
Randomized study to compare the effect of pregabalin with fixed-drug combination of pregabalin and methylcobalamin in the patients of postherpetic neuralgia
Aim: To know the effect of adding methylcobalamin to pregabalin in patients of postherpetic neuralgia (PHN) and also to compare the side effects of pregabalin alone and fixed-drug combination (...
Ultrasonography-guided articular branch of femoral nerve and anterior obturator nerve block for perioperative pain in hip surgery
Background: We present a novel block of the articular branch of the femoral nerve (ABFN) and anterior obturator (AO) nerve for perioperative analgesia during various hip surgeries. Materials...
2–4 mm diameter hypo/depigmented dermal spots: ? Objective sign of somatic origin pain
It is known that somatic nerves are affected by pathological changes occurring in the corresponding intervertebral discs. However, there is as yet no serological test or biomarker to diagnose disc pat...
Indian Journal of Pain, a publication of Indian Society
for Study of Pain, is a peer-reviewed online journal
with 3 Issues print on demand compilation of issues
published.
