Combining pain therapy with lifestyle: the role of personalized nutrition and nutritional supplements according to the SIMPAR Feed Your Destiny approach

Recently, attention to the lifestyle of patients has been rapidly increasing in the field of pain therapy, particularly with regard to the role of nutrition in pain development and its management. In this review, we summarize the latest findings on the role of nutrition and nutraceuticals, microbiom...

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Published in:Journal of Pain Research 2016-01, Vol.9, p.1179-1189
Main Authors: De Gregori, Manuela, Muscoli, Carolina, Schatman, Michael E, Stallone, Tiziana, Intelligente, Fabio, Rondanelli, Mariangela, Franceschi, Francesco, Arranz, Laura Isabel, Lorente-Cebrián, Silvia, Salamone, Maurizio, Ilari, Sara, Belfer, Inna, Allegri, Massimo
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Addictive behaviors
Behavior
Brain research
Care and treatment
Counseling
Dietary supplements
DNA methylation
Dopamine
Epigenetics
Fatty acids
Food
Functional foods
Functional foods & nutraceuticals
Hospitals
Influence
Kinases
Medicine
Narcotics
Nutrition research
nutritional supplements
Obesity
Opioids
Pain
Patient compliance
personalized nutrition
Polyphenols
Review
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Summary:Recently, attention to the lifestyle of patients has been rapidly increasing in the field of pain therapy, particularly with regard to the role of nutrition in pain development and its management. In this review, we summarize the latest findings on the role of nutrition and nutraceuticals, microbiome, obesity, soy, omega-3 fatty acids, and curcumin supplementation as key elements in modulating the efficacy of analgesic treatments, including opioids. These main topics were addressed during the first edition of the Study In Multidisciplinary Pain Research workshop: "FYD (Feed Your Destiny): Fighting Pain", held on April 7, 2016, in Rome, Italy, which was sponsored by a grant from the Italian Ministry of Instruction on "Nutraceuticals and Innovative Pharmacology". The take-home message of this workshop was the recognition that patients with chronic pain should undergo nutritional assessment and counseling, which should be initiated at the onset of treatment. Some foods and supplements used in personalized treatment will likely improve clinical outcomes of analgesic therapy and result in considerable improvement of patient compliance and quality of life. From our current perspective, the potential benefit of including nutrition in personalizing pain medicine is formidable and highly promising.
ISSN:1178-7090
1178-7090
DOI:10.2147/JPR.S115068