S Perrot

..In various pain studies, the single-dose combination of paracetamol/tramadol (PIT) was found to be more effective than either agent alone. PIT could provide benefit in patients with subacute low back pain (LBP)...

..This review summarizes the present and emerging knowledge base on the pathophysiology, diagnosis, and management of fibromyalgia...

..This syndrome is poorly understood and not widely accepted as a distinct clinical entity but an increasing number of pharmacological and nonpharmacological treatments are being developed for its management...

..Assessments of the treatment of painful osteoarthritis should be adapted to the characteristics and daily life of the patient, to personalize patient management...

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..This study aimed to provide an assessment of the burden of illness associated with FM in France and its association with disease severity and core domains as defined by Outcome Measures in Rheumatology Clinical Trials (OMERACT) for FM...

..Treatment is unspecific, mostly based on the prevention that should firstly consider steroid dosage reduction...

..To guide treatment strategies, several recommendations are available: French, not updated recommendations since 2003 (Afssaps, 2003), European elaborated by the EULAR in 2007 and those of the ACR updated in 2010...

..This survey examined the patient journey to having their condition diagnosed and studied the impact of the condition on their life...

..Several factors that increased the renal toxicity of tenofovir included low body mass index, concomitant use of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory agents, and other antiretroviral drugs, including ritonavir...

..Patients' predictions of recovery time should be assessed in acute back pain, to identify risks for expected chronicity...

..To study pain coping strategies in patients with hip and knee osteoarthritis (OA), and to assess the psychometric qualities of the French version of the Pain Coping Inventory (PCI)...

..To examine the clinical and demographic correlates of pain intensity in patients with hip and knee osteoarthritis (OA)...

..Contrary to other procedures, e.g. performed in pediatric care, little is known about the frequency, the intensity and the management of procedural pain observed in osteo-articular injections in daily practice...

..To compare the accuracy of daily and recalled pain measurements in hip and knee osteoarthritis (OA)...

..The objective of this study was to compare ecological and recalled pain intensity assessments over 29 days in hip and knee osteoarthritis (O) and chronic low back pain (L)...

..This epidemiological study aimed to assess fibromyalgia (FM) prevalence in the French metropolitan population, based on a multi-step sampling analysis, combining national screening and clinical confirmation by trained specialists...

..New Dopamine D3 receptor agonists as well as the new anticonvulsivants such as gabapentine and pregabalin are equally promising. However the prescription of any medication should take place within a multidisciplinary approach...

..Further studies are required to compare anti-depressants with other analgesics in the management of chronic painful rheumatological conditions...

..We analyzed this treatment decision for acute back pain in a case-control study...

..Specificities are more related to the assessment of pain and to the drugs side effects rather than to the type of drugs...

..Pericarditis is rarely reported in inflammatory bowel disease. Besides its common causes, pericarditis could be related to ulcerative colitis flare or to 5-aminosalicylic acid (5-ASA) treatment...

..Little is known about the risk factors for procedural pain during spinal and joint injections...

..These findings suggest that peripheral morphine may be useful for the clinical management of acute inflammatory pain rather than in recurrent inflammatory painful situations...

..Few studies have comprehensively assessed the burden associated with fibromyalgia (FM). This cross-sectional, observational study evaluates the impact of FM on patients in France and Germany...

..Low-dose aspirin reduces the incidence of colorectal cancer and recurrence of adenomas. Cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2), one of its main target enzymes, is reportedly over-expressed in colorectal adenomas...

..To validate a translated and adapted version of the Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire (FIQ) for use in French-speaking populations...

..We report here a case of chronic inflammatory bowel disease revealed by multiple large cutaneous aseptic distal necrotic ulcers...

..Further studies are required to determine antidepressants' analgesic mechanism of action and the specific role they should play in the management of chronic painful rheumatologic conditions...

..It has been reported that opioid antinociceptive effects are enhanced in animal models of inflammation, but it remains unclear whether this sensitization to morphine is related to predominant central or peripheral increased effects...

..However, our results suggest that EBV and HSV-1 could be implicated in a subset of SS cases and this possibility needs to be explored, to assess the potential benefit of antiviral drugs in some cases...

..Given the prevalence of CLBP, and the complex nature of this multifactorial condition, it was felt that specific, evidence-based recommendations, with a focus on primary-care treatment, would be helpful...

..6. Treatment should be monitored. 7. A contract setting out the patient's rights and responsibilities may help to emphasize the importance of patient involvement. 8. Opioid treatment should not be considered a lifelong treatment...

..Our group, which focuses on pain in rheumatology, aimed to develop recommendations for the use of antidepressants in rheumatology, based on evidence-based review of published data and expert opinion...