The effectiveness of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs in the treatment of chronic pelvic pain syndrome
This study assessed NSAIDs in women with chronic pelvic pain, finding that adding diclofenac to antibiotic therapy improved pain, reduced anxiety, and enhanced quality of life compared to antibiotic therapy alone.
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This study assessed the effectiveness and safety of diclofenac sodium suppositories (DICLOSAFE) for chronic pelvic pain syndrome in 101 reproductive-age women with chronic pelvic inflammatory conditions. Participants were randomly assigned to receive complex antibiotic-based treatment with either conventional analgesics (n=54) or NSAIDs (n=47), and pain, psychological status, and quality of life were evaluated at baseline and six months after treatment. The NSAID group showed greater reductions in pain, depression, and personal anxiety, along with significant improvements in physical and mental health and reduced interference of pain with daily activities. The study explicitly excluded patients with endometriosis, and no other major limitation was reported. Relevance to endometriosis: patients with endometriosis were excluded from this chronic pelvic pain study, though the paper’s main focus is NSAID treatment for pain associated with chronic pelvic inflammatory conditions.
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- The 2013 EAU Guidelines on Chronic Pelvic Pain: Is Management of Chronic Pelvic Pain a Habit, a Philosophy, or a Science? 10 Years of Development 2013
- Noncyclic Chronic Pelvic Pain Therapies for Women: Comparative Effectiveness 2012
- Prevalence and Use of Complementary Health Approaches among Women with Chronic Pelvic Pain in a Prospective Cohort Study 2014
- Reduction of Pain Sensitivity is Associated with the Response to Treatment in Women with Chronic Pelvic Pain 2014
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- Noncyclic Chronic Pelvic Pain Therapies for Women: Comparative Effectiveness via openalex
- Prevalence and Use of Complementary Health Approaches among Women with Chronic Pelvic Pain in a Prospective Cohort Study via openalex
- Reduction of Pain Sensitivity is Associated with the Response to Treatment in Women with Chronic Pelvic Pain via openalex
- The 2013 EAU Guidelines on Chronic Pelvic Pain: Is Management of Chronic Pelvic Pain a Habit, a Philosophy, or a Science? 10 Years of Development via openalex
- W1955446149 via openalex
- W2898740576 via openalex
- W4323654357 via openalex
- doi:10.1177/2049463715584408 via openalex
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