Pain

Decreasing rates of gastroprotective agent (GPA) adherence among users of cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) inhibitors is linked to an increased risk of upper GI complications, according to a recent study.

The shared clinical features of psoriatic arthritis (PsA) and fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) that have the greatest discriminating power for FMS are the number of FMS-associated symptoms and tender point count.

Acute gout flares are associated with severe foot pain, impairment, and disability. These symptoms improve after treatment but do not normalize entirely.

Neck pain, or cervicalgia, is a common problem; about two-thirds of persons in the US population have neck pain at some point in their lives

Pain is the most important predictor of psychosocial health in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), according to researchers at the University Hospitals of Geneva and University of Geneva in Switzerland.

Patients who are receiving opioid analgesics for chronic pain but are not substance-dependent or addicted often experience cravings to take more medication, according to researchers from the Harvard Medical School.

Women aged 50 years and older who experience worsening pain with aging also are at higher risk for depression, obesity, and declining physical function, according to researchers from the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center in Seattle.

There is a strong dose-dependent association between sleep problems and the risk of fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) in women.

Heel pain, including that caused by plantar fasciitis, is a common reason why patients seek evaluation from a doctor.

Fibromyalgia syndrome has been fraught with ambiguity in diagnosis, uncertainty in understanding of the pathophysiology behind its myriad symptoms, and difficulties that physicians face in managing it competently.