The "two week syndrome" associated with injection treatment for chronic pain--fact or fiction?
Many patients attending the pain clinic for regular injections of local anaesthetic state that the pain returned "two weeks" ago. This study demonstrates that 85% of these patients have a "return of pain" interval which coincides with the proximity of their next clinic appointment.
Milligan
Keith A
KA
Pain Management Clinic, ChesterfieldU.K. North Derbyshire Royal Hospital, Calow, Chesterfield, Derbyshire S44 5BL U.K.
Atkinson
Richard E
RE
D000779:Anesthetics, Local / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002908:Chronic Disease; D006801:Humans; D007267:Injections; D010146:Pain / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000523:psychology*; D011446:Prospective Studies; D016037:Single-Blind Method; D013997:Time Factors
D000779:Anesthetics, Local