Psychological support provided by GPs is an important factor for the maintenance of a positive sense of wellbeing for patients with persistent pain.
In the post-implant period, patients with cardiac rhythm management devices can expect to lead normal, active lives.
Chronic non-cancer pain management illustrates the case for reconceptualising chronic condition management using a generic lifestyle-based approach.
This article aims to provide evidence-based information to GPs, aiding the decision to initiate sodium–glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors for chronic kidney disease patients.
This article investigates the prevalence of chronic pain in a rural setting and the use of specialist pain clinics and examines factors associated with well-managed pain.
These presentations provide fertile ground for educating patients about infections, self-management options, dealing with uncertainty and responsible use of medicines.
Challenges that multiple sclerosis presents include early detection, awareness of new therapies, work with multidisciplinary teams and its long-term management as a chronic disease.
Patients with advanced age, significant comorbidities and poor functional status may not gain a survival benefit with dialysis when compared with being managed conservatively.
Buprenorphine–naloxone is well tolerated by patients with chronic pain, and has the potential to improve pain scores and affective symptoms.
Pretreatment assessment and correction of serum calcium and vitamin D levels can reduce the risk of denosumab-related hypocalcaemia in chronic kidney disease.
This paper describes the overall number of prescriptions and unique medicines dispensed and costs borne by a cohort of patients treated with lipid-lowering therapy.
This study assesses the influence of baseline body mass index and baseline knee pain on improvements in patients participating in a weight loss program for knee osteoarthritis.
This article outlines an approach for understanding, explaining and managing chronic pelvic pain in women with a normal laparoscopy.
The aim of this article is to update GPs on how to screen patients for eating disorders across the entire weight spectrum and to diagnose, treat and monitor patients with binge eating disorder.