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Is there a role for medications, beyond treatment for concomitant psychiatric disorders, in the management of pediatric amplified musculoskeletal pain syndrome?

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Rheumatology · University of Alabama Birmingham

Having been trained by Dr. David Dan Sherry, my answer would be, "no". Using medicines might make the clinician or the patient/family feel better, but they do not work. Medicinal therapy also takes the focus off the 2 required pathways for optimal treatment, namely aerobic exercise (lots of it) and ...

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