Prolactin and pain of endometriosis

GJ Lee, F Porreca, E Navratilova - Pharmacology & Therapeutics, 2023 - Elsevier
Women experience chronic pain more often than men with some pain conditions being
specific to women while others are more prevalent in women. Prolactin, a neuropeptide …

Chronic pelvic pain and endometriosis: translational evidence of the relationship and implications

P Stratton, KJ Berkley - Human reproduction update, 2011 - academic.oup.com
BACKGROUND Many clinicians and patients believe that endometriosis-associated pain is
due to the lesions. Yet causality remains an enigma, because pain symptoms attributed to …

Pain and endometriosis

S Evans, G Moalem-Taylor, DJ Tracey - Pain, 2007 - Elsevier
Endometriosis is the commonest cause of chronic pelvic pain in women (Fauconnier and
Chapron, 2005). It is characterized by the presence of uterine endometrial tissue outside of …

[HTML][HTML] Pain in endometriosis

J Maddern, L Grundy, J Castro… - Frontiers in cellular …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Endometriosis is a chronic and debilitating condition affecting∼ 10% of women.
Endometriosis is characterized by infertility and chronic pelvic pain, yet treatment options …

[HTML][HTML] Screening the role of pronociceptive molecules in a rodent model of endometriosis pain

P Alvarez, JD Levine - The journal of pain, 2014 - Elsevier
Chronic pain is a major symptom in patients with endometriosis, a common gynecologic
condition affecting women in their reproductive years. Although many proalgesic substances …

[HTML][HTML] Endometriosis and Opioid Receptors: Are Opioids a Possible/Promising Treatment for Endometriosis?

Q Guan, RV Velho, J Sehouli, S Mechsner - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Endometriosis (EM), defined as the presence of endometrial-like tissue with surrounding
smooth muscle cells outside the uterus, is a disregarded gynecological disease reported to …

Elevated peritoneal expression and estrogen regulation of nociceptive ion channels in endometriosis

E Greaves, K Grieve, AW Horne… - The Journal of Clinical …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Context: Ovarian suppression is a common treatment for endometriosis-associated pelvic
pain. Its exact mechanism of action is poorly understood, although it is assumed to reflect …

[HTML][HTML] Endometriosis-Related Chronic Pelvic Pain

SY Song, YW Jung, WK Shin, M Park, GW Lee… - Biomedicines, 2023 - mdpi.com
Endometriosis, which is the presence of endometrial stroma and glands outside the uterus,
is one of the most frequently diagnosed gynecologic diseases in reproductive women …

[HTML][HTML] Randomized trial of leuprolide versus continuous oral contraceptives in the treatment of endometriosis-associated pelvic pain

DS Guzick, LS Huang, BA Broadman, M Nealon… - Fertility and sterility, 2011 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: To compare the efficacy of leuprolide and continuous oral contraceptives in the
treatment of endometriosis-associated pain. DESIGN: Prospective, randomized, double …

A deep insight into pelvic pain and endometriosis: a review of the literature from pathophysiology to clinical expressions.

L Masciullo, MF Viscardi, I Piacenti… - Minerva Obstetrics …, 2021 - europepmc.org
A deep insight into pelvic pain and endometriosis: a review of the literature from
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