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Papers: 27 Mar 2021 - 2 Apr 2021


2021 May


Rheum Dis Clin North Am


47


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Pain Mechanisms in Patients with Rheumatic Diseases.

Authors

Minhas D, Clauw D J
Rheum Dis Clin North Am. 2021 May; 47(2):133-148.
PMID: 33781486.

Abstract

Patients with rheumatic diseases often have mixed pain states, with varying degrees of nociceptive, neuropathic, and nociplastic mechanisms, which exist on a continuum. When individuals with any chronic pain have a nociplastic component to their symptoms, they are less likely to respond to treatments (eg, injections, surgery, biologics, and opioids) that work better for acute or purely nociceptive pain.