Fibromyalgia: pathogenesis, mechanisms, diagnosis and treatment options update

R Siracusa, RD Paola, S Cuzzocrea… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Fibromyalgia is a syndrome characterized by chronic and widespread musculoskeletal pain,
often accompanied by other symptoms, such as fatigue, intestinal disorders and alterations …

Fibromyalgia: recent advances in diagnosis, classification, pharmacotherapy and alternative remedies

ME Maffei - International journal of molecular sciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
Fibromyalgia (FM) is a syndrome that does not present a well-defined underlying organic
disease. FM is a condition which has been associated with diseases such as infections …

Chronic pain: what does it mean? A review on the use of the term chronic pain in clinical practice

W Raffaeli, M Tenti, A Corraro, V Malafoglia… - Journal of pain …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Chronic pain is nowadays used as an umbrella term referring to a wide range of clinical
conditions, such as fibromyalgia, migraine, or long-standing pain states without actual …

[HTML][HTML] Diagnostic challenges and management of fibromyalgia

AG Qureshi, SK Jha, J Iskander, C Avanthika, S Jhaveri… - Cureus, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Abstract The World Health Organization regards chronic pain to be a public health concern.
In clinical medicine, fibromyalgia (FM) is the most prevalent chronic widespread pain …

Fibromyalgia and irritable bowel syndrome interaction: a possible role for gut microbiota and gut-brain axis

C Garofalo, CM Cristiani, S Ilari, LC Passacatini… - Biomedicines, 2023 - mdpi.com
Fibromyalgia (FM) is a serious chronic pain syndrome, characterised by muscle and joint
stiffness, insomnia, fatigue, mood disorders, cognitive dysfunction, anxiety, depression and …

The interplay between chronic pain, opioids, and the immune system

V Malafoglia, S Ilari, L Vitiello, M Tenti… - The …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Chronic pain represents one of the most serious worldwide medical problems, in terms of
both social and economic costs, often causing severe and intractable physical and …

Endogenous opiates and behavior: 2022

RJ Bodnar - Peptides, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper is the forty-fifth consecutive installment of the annual anthological review of
research concerning the endogenous opioid system, summarizing articles published during …

Expression of opioid receptors in cells of the immune system

J Brejchova, V Holan, P Svoboda - International Journal of Molecular …, 2020 - mdpi.com
The observation of the immunomodulatory effects of opioid drugs opened the discussion
about possible mechanisms of action and led researchers to consider the presence of opioid …

Natural antioxidant control of neuropathic pain—exploring the role of mitochondrial sirt3 pathway

S Ilari, LA Giancotti, F Lauro, M Gliozzi, V Malafoglia… - Antioxidants, 2020 - mdpi.com
Neuropathic pain is a chronic painful disease. Data have shown that reactive oxygen
species (ROS) are implicated in chronic pain. Particularly, the enhanced ROS production …

Immunosuppression by opioids: mechanisms of action on innate and adaptive immunity

Q Sun, Z Li, Z Wang, Q Wang, F Qin, H Pan… - Biochemical …, 2023 - Elsevier
Opioids are excellent analgesics for the clinical treatment of various types of acute and
chronic pain, particularly cancer-related pain. Nevertheless, it is well known that opioids …