Book contents
- Emergency Department Analgesia
- Emergency Department Analgesia
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- General considerations
- Chief complaints and diagnoses
- Abdominal aortic aneurysm
- Aortic dissection
- Arthritis
- Biliary tract pain
- Bites and stings – marine
- Bites and stings – terrestrial
- Breast pain
- Burns
- Bursitis and periarticular inflammation
- Cancer and tumor pain
- Cardiac chest pain
- Chest wall trauma
- Chronic low-back pain
- Cluster headache
- Corneal abrasion
- Cystitis, urethritis, and prostatitis
- Dysmenorrhea
- Endometriosis
- Esophageal spasm
- Fibromyalgia
- Gastritis and peptic ulcer disease
- Gastroesophageal reflux disease
- Hemorrhoids and perianal pain
- Migraine and undifferentiated headache
- Mucositis and stomatitis
- Neck and back pain – mechanical strain
- Neck and back pain – radicular syndromes
- Neck and back pain – spinal spondylitic syndromes
- Neuropathy – complex regional pain syndrome
- Neuropathy – diabetic
- Neuropathy – HIV related
- Neuropathy – overview
- Neuropathy – phantom limb pain
- Ocular inflammation
- Odontalgia
- Orthopedic extremity trauma – sprains, strains, and fractures
- Osteoporotic vertebral compression fracture
- Otitis media and externa
- Pancreatitis
- Pharyngitis
- Postdural puncture headache
- Post-herpetic neuralgia
- Renal colic
- Sialolithiasis
- Sickle cell crisis
- Temporomandibular disorders
- Tension-type headache
- Trigeminal neuralgia
- Undifferentiated abdominal pain
- Tables
Endometriosis
from Chief complaints and diagnoses
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 18 December 2009
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Book contents
- Emergency Department Analgesia
- Emergency Department Analgesia
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- General considerations
- Chief complaints and diagnoses
- Abdominal aortic aneurysm
- Aortic dissection
- Arthritis
- Biliary tract pain
- Bites and stings – marine
- Bites and stings – terrestrial
- Breast pain
- Burns
- Bursitis and periarticular inflammation
- Cancer and tumor pain
- Cardiac chest pain
- Chest wall trauma
- Chronic low-back pain
- Cluster headache
- Corneal abrasion
- Cystitis, urethritis, and prostatitis
- Dysmenorrhea
- Endometriosis
- Esophageal spasm
- Fibromyalgia
- Gastritis and peptic ulcer disease
- Gastroesophageal reflux disease
- Hemorrhoids and perianal pain
- Migraine and undifferentiated headache
- Mucositis and stomatitis
- Neck and back pain – mechanical strain
- Neck and back pain – radicular syndromes
- Neck and back pain – spinal spondylitic syndromes
- Neuropathy – complex regional pain syndrome
- Neuropathy – diabetic
- Neuropathy – HIV related
- Neuropathy – overview
- Neuropathy – phantom limb pain
- Ocular inflammation
- Odontalgia
- Orthopedic extremity trauma – sprains, strains, and fractures
- Osteoporotic vertebral compression fracture
- Otitis media and externa
- Pancreatitis
- Pharyngitis
- Postdural puncture headache
- Post-herpetic neuralgia
- Renal colic
- Sialolithiasis
- Sickle cell crisis
- Temporomandibular disorders
- Tension-type headache
- Trigeminal neuralgia
- Undifferentiated abdominal pain
- Tables
Summary
NSAIDs are widely considered as the first-line therapy for the pain associated with endometriosis. Combined oral contraceptive pills (COCPs) are generally recommended as the second-line therapy for endometriosis pain. A 2007 Cochrane review concluded that COCPs are at least as effective as gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) agonists. Medroxyprogesterone acetate is comparable to the androgen danazol, with both agents reducing pain scores by 50-74% compared with placebo. An SC form of depot medroxyprogesterone appears to relieve endometriosis as effectively as the proven approach of the GnRH agonist leuprolide acetate. Cochrane review has shown that there is generally equivalent pain relief achieved with multiple endocrine therapies for endometriosis. The myriad menopausal, androgenic, and hepatic side effects from some of the endocrine agents (e.g. danazol) used to treat endometriosis should serve to underline the importance of ED physician communication and follow-up arrangements with longitudinal care providers.
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- Emergency Department AnalgesiaAn Evidence-Based Guide, pp. 197 - 199Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2008