Epidemiology of physician-diagnosed neuropathic pain in Brazil.

Conclusion: Evaluation of chronic pain patients in Brazil yielded a 14.5% probable NeP prevalence. NSAIDs and opioids were commonly used, and there was a high incidence of NeP-related symptoms with varying levels of dysfunction across subtypes.
PMID: 30662280 [PubMed]

Source: Pain Physician - January 22, 2019 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: Udall M, Kudel I, Cappelleri JC, Sadosky A, King-Concialdi K, Parsons B, Hlavacek P, Hopps M, Salomon PA, DiBonaventura MD, Clark P, Garcia JBS Tags: J Pain Res Source Type: research