MYOFASCIAL PAIN IN THE INTERNIST PRACTICE: DIAGNOSTICS AND TOPICAL THERAPY

Abstract

Myofascial pain is an urgent interdisciplinary medical problem. It is diagnosed in more than half of the young and middle-aged patients, there are no precise data on its prevalence among older people. Currently there is no systematic approach to terminology and nosological affiliation of myofascial pain. The authors have described and assessed the significant factors of myofascial pain and diagnostic criteria of myofascial pain syndrome. In the treatment algorithm the focus is laid on the general principles of therapeutics, mechanisms of action and indications for the sound use of external forms of NSAIDs, in particular of the drug Voltaren Emulgel 12 hours, as an independent method of treatment for mild to moderate pain, and as an addition to the basic therapy aimed at pain suppression.

Keywords

• myofascial pain
• myofascial pain syndrome
• local therapy
• voltaren emulgel 12 hours