Table 2 Number of cases with adverse events after norepinephrine (NE) and placebo injections
From: Norepinephrine-evoked pain in fibromyalgia. A randomized pilot study ISCRTN70707830
Fibromyalgia | Rheumatoid Arthritis | Healthy Controls | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
(n = 20) | (n = 20) | (n = 20) | ||||
placebo | NE | placebo | NE | placebo | NE | |
Spreading of pain | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Pale halo | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Paresthesias | 5 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 2 |
Palpitations | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Sweating | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Distal swelling | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |