by Dimitris Papadopoulos MD Fellow Of Interventional Pain Practice (FIPP) | Jan 6, 2011 | Conditions, Herpes Zoster and Postherptic Neuralgia, Neuropathic Pain
GENERAL Herpes zoster is caused by the Varicella Zoster Virus (VZV). When a patient has been cured from varicella, the VZV still remains in his/her body. This usually does not create any problems to the patient. However, years later, the virus may flare up and...
by Dimitris Papadopoulos MD Fellow Of Interventional Pain Practice (FIPP) | Jan 4, 2011 | Coccygodynia, Conditions, Pelvic Pain
GENERAL Coccygodynia is a painful disorder of the last part of the spine, right above the rectum. The aetiology is usually post-traumatic and more rarely idiopathic. In some rare cases, pre-coccygeal epidermoid cyst may cause coccygodynia. There is a clear correlation...
by Dimitris Papadopoulos MD Fellow Of Interventional Pain Practice (FIPP) | Jan 3, 2011 | Medications
ΑΝΤIDEPRESSANTS GENERAL Antidepressants are one of the very important groups of drugs used in the treatment of chronic pain syndromes. They are drugs administered to treat depression but it is a long time since they have been shown to be also active in the treatment...
by Dimitris Papadopoulos MD Fellow Of Interventional Pain Practice (FIPP) | Dec 30, 2010 | Glossary
ALLODYNIA = feeling of pain due to a stimulus which does not normally provoke pain DYSAESTHESIA= spontaneous or induced abnormal unpleasant feeling HYPOAESTHESIA = reduced sensation of external stimuli HYPERAESTHESIA = increased sensation of external stimuli...
by Dimitris Papadopoulos MD Fellow Of Interventional Pain Practice (FIPP) | Dec 30, 2010 | Medications
Intravenous lidocaine has strong sodium-channel blocking properties and is effective in the treatment of neuropathic pain, as shown by non-controlled studies. Antiarrhythmic drugs with local anaesthetic properties are sometimes used in the treatment of resistant...
