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Neurologist practice patterns in treatment of muscle cramps in Canada
Recently an article provided patient perspectives on therapies and perceived effectiveness in preventing muscle cramps. However, there are few studies evaluating physicians’ point of view in the management of this common symptom. In our study, we studied physician practice patterns in the treatment...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3545839/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23302663 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1757-1146-6-2 |
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author | Fat, Mary Jane Lim Kokokyi, Seint Katzberg, Hans Dieter |
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description | Recently an article provided patient perspectives on therapies and perceived effectiveness in preventing muscle cramps. However, there are few studies evaluating physicians’ point of view in the management of this common symptom. In our study, we studied physician practice patterns in the treatment of muscle cramps by surveying a group of neurologists in Canada. We demonstrated that most physicians use a combination of pharmacological and non-pharmacological methods in treating muscle cramps. The most commonly used medications are baclofen, quinine and gabapentin, of which baclofen and quinine were reported to be the most tolerated. |
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spelling | pubmed-35458392013-01-17 Neurologist practice patterns in treatment of muscle cramps in Canada Fat, Mary Jane Lim Kokokyi, Seint Katzberg, Hans Dieter J Foot Ankle Res Commentary Recently an article provided patient perspectives on therapies and perceived effectiveness in preventing muscle cramps. However, there are few studies evaluating physicians’ point of view in the management of this common symptom. In our study, we studied physician practice patterns in the treatment of muscle cramps by surveying a group of neurologists in Canada. We demonstrated that most physicians use a combination of pharmacological and non-pharmacological methods in treating muscle cramps. The most commonly used medications are baclofen, quinine and gabapentin, of which baclofen and quinine were reported to be the most tolerated. BioMed Central 2013-01-09 /pmc/articles/PMC3545839/ /pubmed/23302663 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1757-1146-6-2 Text en Copyright ©2013 Lim Fat et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License ( http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Commentary Fat, Mary Jane Lim Kokokyi, Seint Katzberg, Hans Dieter Neurologist practice patterns in treatment of muscle cramps in Canada |
title | Neurologist practice patterns in treatment of muscle cramps in Canada |
title_full | Neurologist practice patterns in treatment of muscle cramps in Canada |
title_fullStr | Neurologist practice patterns in treatment of muscle cramps in Canada |
title_full_unstemmed | Neurologist practice patterns in treatment of muscle cramps in Canada |
title_short | Neurologist practice patterns in treatment of muscle cramps in Canada |
title_sort | neurologist practice patterns in treatment of muscle cramps in canada |
topic | Commentary |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3545839/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23302663 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1757-1146-6-2 |
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