Rheumatology: Current Research
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Wataru Shimada

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• Research Article
  Alcohol Intake Improves Adherence of Pregabalin and Tramadol/Acetaminophen to RA and OA Patients
  Author(s): Wataru Shimada, Yasunori Itoh, Osamu Matsuo and Hiraku Kikuchi Wataru Shimada, Yasunori Itoh, Osamu Matsuo and Hiraku Kikuchi
  
  Clinical managements of chronic pain in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and osteoarthritis (OA) require deep understanding of patients. Since medication is mostly set under the guidelines of RA and OA to control of pain, but personal characteristics is not so much paid attention in terms of preferences. In the present study, alcohol preference was analyzed in the patients prescribed pregabalin and tramadol/acetaminophen in our hospital. All consecutive patients were requested to write up the medical questionnaire sheet before medical examination. The responses to this sheet are completely subjective. The close relation between habitual alcohol drinking and adherence of analgesics was observed in terms of adherence of pregabalin and tramadol/acetaminophen. That is, in OA patients, alcohol drinkers showed good adherence to pregabalin and also tramadol/acetaminophen. However, in RA patients, a.. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2161-1149.S5-005

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