Neurology

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What medications are preferred and contraindicated for insomnia in patients with a recent stroke or traumatic brain injury?

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When would you consider prescribing a wakefulness promoting agent for excessive daytime sleepiness from insufficient sleep?

I.e. no sleep disorder diagnosis, unsuccessful behavioral interventions for improved sleep

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What are your preferred second-line medications for trigeminal neuralgia?

In light of the publication by Muñoz-Vendrell et al., PMID 40341553.Related Q&A on onabotulinum toxin and trigeminal neuralgia.

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How effective have you found acupuncture for treatment of chronic migraine?

3 Answers available

How can I incorporate neuromuscular ultrasound into my practice with limited prior experience?

1 Answer available

What is your preferred first-line treatment for chronic fatigue in patients with long COVID-19?

9 Answers available

Do 5HT4 agonists such as Metoclopramide actually lead to improvement in symptoms for patients with diabetes related gastroparesis?

1 Answer available

How do you counsel non-diabetic patients who wish to start metformin to reduce the risk of developing dementia?

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What outpatient therapies do you recommend for continuous or severe pain from migraine that is refractory to acute therapies?

Short-term glucocorticoids are often prescribed as "bridge" therapy to avoid ER visits. What else should we consider?

3 Answers available

Papers discussed in this category

Medical sciences (Basel, Switzerland), 2018-09-21

Low-Dose Naltrexone (LDN)-Review of Therapeutic Utilization.

The Journal of clinical investigation, 2021 Dec 15

The intersection of COVID-19 and autoimmunity.

Molecular systems biology, 2023 Mar 15

A methylation clock model of mild SARS-CoV-2 infection provides insight into immune dysregulation.

BMJ open, 2024 May 13

Low-dose naltrexone for post-COVID fatigue syndrome: a study protocol for a double-blind, randomised trial in British Columbia.

The European respiratory journal, 2020 Apr 21

EAN/ERS/ESO/ESRS statement on the impact of sleep disorders on risk and outcome of stroke.

Journal of sleep research, 2023 Jul 05

Improving sleep after stroke: A randomised controlled trial of digital cognitive behavioural therapy for insomnia.

Lancet (London, England), 2015 Mar 12

A 2 year multidomain intervention of diet, exercise, cognitive training, and vascular risk monitoring versus control to prevent cognitive decline in at-risk elderly people (FINGER): a randomised controlled trial.

Frontiers in neuroscience, 2023 Sep 08

The durable effect of acupuncture for episodic migraine: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Journal of neurology, 2020 Aug 24

Efficacy of acupuncture for migraine prophylaxis: a trial sequential meta-analysis.

Muscle & nerve, 2012-08

Evidence-based guideline: neuromuscular ultrasound for the diagnosis of carpal tunnel syndrome.

Muscle Nerve, 2024 Mar

Neuromuscular ultrasound: Impact on diagnosis and management.

Muscle & nerve, 2018 Sep 11

Neuromuscular ultrasound in electrically non-localizable ulnar neuropathy.

Neurology, 2014 Aug 27

Sensitivity and specificity of diagnostic ultrasound in the diagnosis of phrenic neuropathy.

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