analgesic/atrophy

Analgesic discoblock is widely used for the diagnosis or treatment of discogenic low back pain by injecting local anesthetics. The purpose of this study was to investigate the deleterious effects of local anesthetics on degenerated rabbit intervertebral disks (IVDs) using an organotypic culture

BACKGROUND Analgesic discography (discoblock) can be used to diagnose or treat discogenic low back pain by injecting a small amount of local anesthetics. However, recent in vitro studies have revealed cytotoxic effects of local anesthetics on intervertebral disc (IVD) cells. Here we aimed to

Since phenacetin was withdrawn from Askit Powders and Beecham's Powders in 1966 these preparations have declined in importance as a cause of analgesic nephropathy in Western Scotland. In most patients with analgesic nephropathy who persist in abuse of compound analgesics renal function continues to

There are numerous sedatives and analgesics used in critical care medicine today; these medications are used on critically ill patients, many of whom have heart disease, including coronary artery disease or congestive heart failure. The purpose of this review is to recognize the effects of these

OBJECTIVE To determine analgesic effects of intraneural injection of ethyl alcohol or formaldehyde in the palmar digital nerves of horses. METHODS 6 horses. METHODS Ethyl alcohol was injected in the medial palmar digital nerve of 1 forelimb, and formaldehyde was injected in the contralateral nerve.

Analgesic nephropathy was first studied in Switzerland and Scandinavia, and most observers thought that papillary necrosis, a feature of the pathology, was the result of chronic interstitial nephritis, the other principal feature. From 1962, reports indicated a high incidence of analgesic

Analgesic nephropathy is well recognised. This is a retrospective review of 19 patients with the disease, who presented at Groote Schuur Hospital over a 4-year period. The diagnosis was made on historical and clinical grounds and on the radiological manifestations of papillary necrosis. The mean age

Twenty-three patients with analgesic nephropathy and apparent cessation of drug abuse were tested for blood acetaminophen and salicylate on the occasion of routine renal control examinations. In 12 patients (mean creatinine level 2.74 +/- 1.09 mg/dl) no deterioration of renal function was noted

BACKGROUND Drug use has rarely been studied in multiple system atrophy (MSA) while such patients receive many treatments based on weak evidence. OBJECTIVE To analyze drug use from the database of the French MSA Reference Center, and to compare it with data from patients with Parkinson disease

The neurotoxin N-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine (MPTP) can induce degeneration of dopamine (DA) and other central monoamine neurons, leading to Parkinson's disease-like effects in man, monkey, and mouse. MPTP and other substituted phenylpiperidines related to synthetic analgesics

OBJECTIVE We examined the effects of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) and intra-articular injections of sodium hyaluronate (HA) on cartilage degeneration in rabbit knee osteoarthritis (OA) model induced by partial meniscectomy. METHODS Loxoprofen sodium (LOX) was used as the NSAID,

Non-narcotic analgesics have acute and chronic effects on the kidney. Until quite recently chronic effects have received much more attention than acute effects. Renal papillary necrosis attributed to prolonged intake of analgesic compounds was first described from Switzerland in the 1950s, and

Peptide receptor radionuclide therapy (PRRT), with (90)Y-DOTATOC and (177)Lu-DOTATATE as most clinically used radiopeptides, is widely used in the management of metastatic neuroendocrine tumors. With respect to radiation dosimetry, the kidneys are the critical organ for (90)Y-DOTATOC. Renal