Omega-3 fatty acids for neuropathic pain: Case series

Clinical Journal of Pain

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 168-172

  Ko, Gordon D ^a   Nowacki, Nathaniel Benjamin ^b   Arseneau, Leigh ^c   Eitel, Melanie ^c   Hum, Annie ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Canadian Centre for Integrative Medicine   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carpal tunnel syndrome; Fibromyalgia; Neuropathic pain; Radiculopathy; W 3 fatty acids

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AMFEBUTAMONE; CALCIUM CARBONATE; COCODAMOL; CONTIN; DILTIAZEM; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; FISH OIL; IBUPROFEN; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; MELOXICAM; MOBICOX; MORPHINE; NAPROXEN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; OMEPRAZOLE; PREGABALIN; TYLENOL 3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VITAMIN B GROUP; VITAMIN D;

ADD ON THERAPY; ADULT; ALGOMETRY; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BURN; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CASE STUDY; CERVICOBRACHIAL NEURALGIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; DEPRESSION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG MEGADOSE; DYNAMOMETRY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EPICONDYLITIS; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; GRIP STRENGTH; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; MALE; MCGILL PAIN QUESTIONNAIRE; MORNING DOSAGE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PANIC; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; THORAX OUTLET SYNDROME; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

EID: 75649116092     PISSN: 07498047     EISSN: 15365409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AJP.0b013e3181bb8533     Document Type: Article

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