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Intravenous saline may not be a placebo in patients with small fiber neuropathy

2023; Wiley; Volume: 67; Issue: 6 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1002/mus.27826

1097-4598

Svetlana Blitshteyn, Taylor A. Doherty,

Pain Mechanisms and Treatments

Muscle & NerveVolume 67, Issue 6 p. E25-E26 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Intravenous saline may not be a placebo in patients with small fiber neuropathy Svetlana Blitshteyn MD, Corresponding Author Svetlana Blitshteyn MD [email protected] orcid.org/0000-0002-3982-2031 Department of Neurology, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, USA Dysautonomia Clinic, Williamsville, New York, USA Correspondence Svetlana Blitshteyn, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, 955 Main Street, Buffalo, NY 14203, USA. Email: [email protected] Contribution: Conceptualization, Writing - original draft, Writing - review & editing, ResourcesSearch for more papers by this authorTaylor A. Doherty MD, Taylor A. Doherty MD Division of Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, California, USA Contribution: Writing - review & editingSearch for more papers by this author Svetlana Blitshteyn MD, Corresponding Author Svetlana Blitshteyn MD [email protected] orcid.org/0000-0002-3982-2031 Department of Neurology, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, USA Dysautonomia Clinic, Williamsville, New York, USA Correspondence Svetlana Blitshteyn, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, 955 Main Street, Buffalo, NY 14203, USA. Email: [email protected] Contribution: Conceptualization, Writing - original draft, Writing - review & editing, ResourcesSearch for more papers by this authorTaylor A. Doherty MD, Taylor A. Doherty MD Division of Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, California, USA Contribution: Writing - review & editingSearch for more papers by this author First published: 29 March 2023 https://doi.org/10.1002/mus.27826Read the full textAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onEmailFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat No abstract is available for this article. Open Research DATA AVAILABILITY STATEMENT Data sharing not applicable to this article as no data sets were generated or analyzed during the current study. REFERENCES 1Gibbons CH, Rajan S, Senechal K, Hendry E, McCallister B, Levine TD. A double-blind placebo-controlled pilot study of immunoglobulin for small fiber neuropathy associated with TS-HDS and FGFR-3 autoantibodies. Muscle Nerve. 2022 Nov 11. Epub ahead of print. doi:10.1002/mus.27745 10.1002/mus.27745 PubMedWeb of Science®Google Scholar 2Geerts M, de Greef BTA, Sopacua M, et al. Intravenous immunoglobulin therapy in patients with painful idiopathic small fiber neuropathy. Neurology. 2021; 96: e2534-e2545. doi:10.1212/WNL.0000000000011919 10.1212/WNL.0000000000011919 PubMedWeb of Science®Google Scholar 3Williams EL, Raj SR, Schondorf R, Shen WK, Wieling W, Claydon VE. Salt supplementation in the management of orthostatic intolerance: vasovagal syncope and postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome. Auton Neurosci. 2022; 237:102906. doi:10.1016/j.autneu.2021.102906 10.1016/j.autneu.2021.102906 CASPubMedWeb of Science®Google Scholar 4Ruzieh M, Baugh A, Dasa O, et al. Effects of intermittent intravenous saline infusions in patients with medication-refractory postural tachycardia syndrome. J Interv Card Electrophysiol. 2017; 48: 255-260. doi:10.1007/s10840-017-0225-y 10.1007/s10840-017-0225-y PubMedWeb of Science®Google Scholar 5Trevino JA, Novak P. TS-HDS and FGFR3 antibodies in small fiber neuropathy and dysautonomia. Muscle Nerve. 2021; 64: 70-76. doi:10.1002/mus.27245 10.1002/mus.27245 CASPubMedWeb of Science®Google Scholar 6de Oliveira MF, Pinto FC. Hypertonic saline: a brief overview of hemodynamic response and anti-inflammatory properties in head injury. Neural Regen Res. 2015; 10: 1938-1939. doi:10.4103/1673-5374.169620 10.4103/1673-5374.169620 PubMedWeb of Science®Google Scholar 7Pogoda JM, Gross NB, Arakaki X, Fonteh AN, Cowan RP, Harrington MG. Severe headache or migraine history is inversely correlated with dietary sodium intake: NHANES 1999-2004. Headache. 2016; 56: 688-698. doi:10.1111/head.12792 10.1111/head.12792 PubMedWeb of Science®Google Scholar 8Liu X, Treister R, Lang M, Oaklander AL. IVIg for apparently autoimmune small-fiber polyneuropathy: first analysis of efficacy and safety. Ther Adv Neurol Disord. 2018; 11. doi:10.1177/1756285617744484 10.1177/1756285617744484 Web of Science®Google Scholar Volume67, Issue6June 2023Pages E25-E26 ReferencesRelatedInformation