Among 5,170 NHANES respondents without arthritis, 23 percent of statin users reported musculoskeletal pain versus 18 percent of non-users. After adjustment, statin use tracked with 33 percent more pain overall and 59 percent more in the lower extremities. Arthritis patients showed no such link.
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Kicking cancer but living with chronic pain
A University of Michigan study in Cancer found 20 percent of survivors at least two years past diagnosis had current cancer-related chronic pain, and more than 40 percent of the nearly 200 patients surveyed had pain since diagnosis. Women and African Americans fared worse.
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Intravenous Aspirin for Migraine Pain Relief?
Researchers reviewed records of 168 London patients hospitalized for chronic daily headache who received an average of five doses of intravenous aspirin, and reported reduced pain. Co-author Peter Goadsby says IV delivery may help more intense headaches.
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Ginger Reduces Pain After Exercise
In a double-blind trial, participants took two grams of raw or heat-treated ginger or a placebo for 11 days, then did heavy arm exercise to induce muscle injury. Raw ginger cut exercise-induced pain by 25 percent within 24 hours and the heat-treated form by 23 percent.
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Ginger may reduce exercise induced pain
In a randomized, double-blind trial in the Journal of Pain, athletes taking two grams of raw or heat-treated ginger daily for 11 days reported muscle pain 24 hours after exercise 25 and 23 percent lower than placebo. Researchers credit antioxidants such as gingerols and shogaols.
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