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May 29, 2025 - Harms of tricyclic antidepressants versus placebo
Author, Year Quality Pain Population Drug Class Drug … Harms of serotonin–norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor versus placebo
Author, Year Quality Pain Population … Harms of pregabalin versus placebo
Author, Year Quality Pain Population Drug Class Drug Assessment Time … Harms of pregabalin CR versus IR
Author, Year Quality Pain Population Drug Class Drug Assessment Time … Harms of cannabis versus placebo
Author, Year Quality Pain Population Drug Assessment Time (Wk) Time
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May 29, 2025 - Harms of tricyclic antidepressants versus placebo
Author, Year Quality Pain Population Drug Class Drug … Harms of pregabalin versus placebo
Author, Year Quality Pain Population Drug Class Drug Assessment Time … NR NR NR NR Tired 85 129 153 66 122 153 NR NR NR
Horne, 2020 and Hewitt, 2020 Good Chronic pelvic pain … Harms of pregabalin CR versus IR
Author, Year Quality Pain Population Drug Class Drug Assessment Time … Harms of cannabis versus placebo
Author, Year Quality Pain Population Drug Assessment Time (Wk) Time
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May 29, 2025 - Pain severity for neuropathic pain
Author, Year Quality Pain Population Drug Class 1 Drug Class 2 Drug … Pain response for neuropathic pain
Author, Year Quality Pain Population Drug Class Drug Response Criteria … Function outcomes for neuropathic pain
Author, Year Quality Pain Population Drug Class 1 Drug Class … Pain severity for low back pain
Author, Year Quality Pain Population Drug Class 1 Drug Class 2 Drug … Pain response for low back pain
Author, Year Quality Pain Population Drug Class Drug Response Criteria
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May 29, 2025 - Harms of tricyclic antidepressants versus placebo
Author, Year Quality Pain Population Drug Class Drug … Harms of pregabalin versus placebo
Author, Year Quality Pain Population Drug Class Drug Assessment Time … Harms of pregabalin CR versus IR
Author, Year Quality Pain Population Drug Class Drug Assessment Time … Harms of cannabis versus placebo
Author, Year Quality Pain Population Drug Assessment Time (Wk) Time … : n Application Site Pain: N N Randomized Application Site Pruritus: n Application Site Pruritus: N N
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April 01, 2022 - conditions: low back pain (LBP); neck pain; knee, hip, or hand
osteoarthritis (OA); fibromyalgia (FM … / or ((back or spine or spinal) adj2 pain).ti,ab.
2 exp Chronic Pain/
3 Neck Pain/ or neck.ti,ab. … / or ((back or spine or spinal) adj2 pain).ti,ab.
2 exp Chronic Pain/
3 Neck Pain/ or neck.ti,ab. … ) conditions: low back pain,
neck pain, osteoarthritis pain,
fibromyalgia, or tension headache … , nonradicular
low back pain
KQ1: Low back pain
• Patients with radiculopathy
• Low back pain
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September 01, 2019 - have
insufficient prehospital pain relief. … Patient with
moderate to
severe, acute
pain
Health Outcomes
Pain score
Presence of pain
Time … relief may reduce pain more and may
reduce pain more quickly. … Low-dose
ketamine improves pain relief in patients receiving
intravenous opioids for acute pain in … Change in pain score after administration
of analgesics for lower extremity fracture pain during
hospitalization
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March 29, 2023 - of chronic pain? … are included in this category),
musculoskeletal pain (including low-back pain), visceral pain, fibromyalgia … March
29, 2023
Table 1:
Population
Excluded subacute pain Added subacute
pain
Subacute pain, … exp arthralgia/ or exp back pain/ or exp headache/ or exp musculoskeletal pain/ or neck pain/
or exp … neuralgia/ or exp nociceptive pain/ or pain, intractable/ or fibromyalgia/ or myalgia/
3 Pain/
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September 30, 2015 - Pain > 3 months, currently prescribed opioids; excluded cancer and end-of-life treatment A. … clinic
Netherlands Pain condition: Nonspecific chronic low back pain
Age: 18 to 75
Pain severity: NRS … and mental health conditions; medication classes; heath care visits; NRS pain scores A vs. … Extreme/severe pain interference: A vs. C: aOR 2.91 (95% CI 1.95 to 4.32); B vs. … C: aOR 0.86 (95% CI 0.58 to 1.28)
Moderate pain interference: A vs.
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September 30, 2015 - : NRS pain scale ≥ 4
Exclusion: Neuropathic pain A. … condition: Chronic low back pain
Age: ≥18 years
Pain severity: mean ≥5 on NRS pain scale
Exclusions: … Pain condition: Moderate to severe osteoarthritis pain of the hip or knee
Age: NR
Pain severity: WOMAC … clinic
Netherlands Pain condition: Nonspecific chronic low back pain
Age: 18 to 75
Pain severity: NRS … diagnoses:
Back pain: 82% vs. 76% vs. 74%
Neck pain: 19% vs. 33% vs. 31%
Other joint pain: 47% vs. 44%
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September 30, 2015 - Pain > 3 months, currently prescribed opioids; excluded cancer and end-of-life treatment A. … clinic
Netherlands Pain condition: Nonspecific chronic low back pain
Age: 18 to 75
Pain severity: NRS … and mental health conditions; medication classes; heath care visits; NRS pain scores A vs. … Extreme/severe pain interference: A vs. C: aOR 2.91 (95% CI 1.95 to 4.32); B vs. … C: aOR 0.86 (95% CI 0.58 to 1.28)
Moderate pain interference: A vs.
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May 01, 2011 - KQ 1: Acute pain management. All three trials
reported acute pain. … KQ 1: Acute pain management. The average baseline
VAS pain score was 4.7. … Pain was
measured using the VAS; the mean baseline measure
was 8.4 to 8.8.
KQ 1: Acute pain. … Pain was measured using
the 10cm VAS; the mean baseline measure was 7.9cm.
KQ 1: Acute pain. … KQ 1: Acute pain management.
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August 08, 2017 - duration, mo: 52
Baseline pain intensity, MNSI: 5
24h average pain (0-10): 6
24h worst pain severity … duration, mo: 46
Baseline pain intensity:
24h average pain severity
(0-10): 6
24h worst pain severity … duration, mo: 52
Baseline pain intensity, 24-h Average pain score (Brief Pain Inventory): 6
Baseline … duration, mo: 93
Baseline pain intensity, VAS
(0-100): 68
McGill pain index: 28
McGill present pain … duration, mo: 89
Baseline pain intensity, BPI average pain (0 to 10): 6
Weekly 24-hour average pain
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June 20, 2013 - , non-radicular low back pain, or spinal
stenosis? … , non-radicular low back pain, or
spinal stenosis? … , radicular low back pain, or spinal stenosis? … ,
radicular low back pain, or spinal stenosis? … of flares of low back pain in patients with chronic low
back pain?
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September 03, 2019 - associated with acute pain”. … pain? … superimposed acute pain. … For the subgroup of traumatic pain,
for the comparison of opioid versus APAP,
change in pain scores … medications to
treat acute pain.
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November 01, 2020 - or "musculoskeletal pain" or osteoarthritis or "low back pain" or "neck
pain" or "inflammatory pain … pain/ or neck pain/ or exp neuralgia/ or exp nociceptive pain/ or pain, intractable/ or
fibromyalgia … or "musculoskeletal pain" or osteoarthritis or "low back pain" or "neck
pain" or "inflammatory pain … or "musculoskeletal pain" or osteoarthritis or "low back pain" or "neck
pain" or "inflammatory pain … pain.
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January 01, 2025 - ; 3-4
drops for for moderate
pain; 5-6 drops for
severe pain
Risk of Bias 25% high, 63%
moderate … pain
NPP Peripheral NPP Peripheral neuropathic
back pain
Baseline Pain
Score, Mean
(Range)c … weeks to <6 months)
Product, THC to CBD Ratio
Pain Responsea
Effect Size (N Studies)
[SOE]
Pain … in pain). … Cannabis combined with oxycodone for
pain relief in fibromyalgia pain: a
randomized clinical self-titration
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January 01, 2021 - Table E-1. RCT QA
Table E-1. RCT quality assessment
Author,
Year Randomization Adequate? Allocation Concealment Adequate? Groups Similar at Baseline? Outcome Assessors Masked? Care Provider Masked? Patient Masked? Intention-To-Treat (ITT) Analysis Acceptable Levels of Overall Attrition and Between-Group Differences…
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January 01, 2021 - Table E-1. RCT QA
Table E-1. RCT quality assessment
Author, Year Randomization Adequate? Allocation Concealment Adequate? Groups Similar at Baseline? Outcome Assessors Masked? Care Provider Masked? Patient Masked? Intention-To-Treat (ITT) Analysis Acceptable Levels of Overall Attrition and Between-Group Differences…
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January 01, 2021 - Table E-1. RCT QA
Table E-1. RCT quality assessment
Author,
Year Randomization Adequate? Allocation Concealment Adequate? Groups Similar at Baseline? Outcome Assessors Masked? Care Provider Masked? Patient Masked? Intention-to-Treat (ITT) Analysis Acceptable Levels of Overall Attrition and Between-Group Differences…
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April 16, 2020 - We request that AHRQ clarify if a numeric pain scale is the only
pain measure. … Pain score among others. … Effects of anger
suppression on pain severity and pain behaviors among
chronic pain patients: evaluation … Pain, 151(2), 280-
295. … PAIN, 158, 2354-2363.