Medical Condition Other Chronic Postoperative Pain

Source:

2009 icd-9-cm diagnosis 338.28 - other chronic postoperative pain

Active Ingredients used for Other Chronic Postoperative Pain:

Saw Palmetto

Active Ingredient	Uses based on scientific evidence	Grade*
saw palmetto (serenoa repens [bartram small)]	a prospective, randomized, open label, one-year study was designed to assess the safety and efficacy of saw palmetto and finasteride in the treatment of men diagnosed with category iii prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain (cp/cpps). cp/cpps treated with saw palmetto had no appreciable long-term improvement. in contrast, patients treated with finasteride had significant and durable improvement in multiple parameters except for voiding.	c

*Key to grades
A: Strong scientific evidence for this use;
B: Good scientific evidence for this use;
C: Unclear scientific evidence for this use;
D: Fair scientific evidence against this use;
F: Strong scientific evidence against this use.