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Old 02-25-2008, 12:32 PM
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Lightbulb Smoking and Neuropathic pain:

Here is an article that came in my email today:

http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...3&src=confwrap
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In the current study, the authors aimed to determine the percentage of community subjects with chronic neuropathic pain who smoke. Subjects were recruited from a large population-based study to assess the prevalence of chronic pain.

These adults had self-reported neuropathic pain, were identified from patient charts as having neuropathic pain, or had a positive score on the self-administered Leeds Assessment of Neuropathic Symptoms and Signs (S-LANSS), a tool designed to identify patients with neuropathic pain. They also self-reported current smoking status.

The percentage of participants confirmed as having neuropathic pain by clinical assessment who also smoked was 21%, compared with 13% in the overall sample (P = .009). Smoking was twice as common (62% vs 33%) in subjects who were diagnosed by clinical assessment as having neuropathic pain as nociceptive pain.
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