A Brief Overview on Vulvodynia: Pain Pharmacological Management Approach

Authors

  • L. Merlino Department of Maternal Infantile and Urological Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome-00161, Italy.
  • V. Matys Department of Maternal Infantile and Urological Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome-00161, Italy.
  • G. D'Ovidio Department of Maternal Infantile and Urological Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome-00161, Italy.
  • M. G. Piccioni Department of Maternal Infantile and Urological Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome-00161, Italy.
  • M. G. Porpora Department of Maternal Infantile and Urological Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome-00161, Italy.
  • L. Titi Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome-00161, Italy.
  • M. F. Viscardi Department of Maternal Infantile and Urological Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome-00161, Italy.
  • A. I. Volpicelli Department of Maternal Infantile and Urological Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome-00161, Italy.
  • C. Della Rocca Department of Medical-Surgical Sciences and Biotechnologies, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.9734/bpi/cops/v8/4976E

Keywords:

Pelvic chronic pain, vulvodynia, vulvar pain, vulvodynia topic treatment, vulvodynia systemic treatment

Abstract

This article proposes an examination of both topical and systemic pharmacological treatments, taking into account what is present in the literature, useful in the treatment of vulvodynia. Vulvodynia is a neuroinflammatory pain syndrome caused by laxity and thus collapse of the uterosacral ligaments (USL), which are necessary for the support of the sympathetic and parasympathetic visceral nerve plexuses.

Published

2023-03-01

How to Cite

L. Merlino, V. Matys, G. D'Ovidio, M. G. Piccioni, M. G. Porpora, L. Titi, … C. Della Rocca. (2023). A Brief Overview on Vulvodynia: Pain Pharmacological Management Approach. Current Overview on Pharmaceutical Science Vol. 8, 59–71. https://doi.org/10.9734/bpi/cops/v8/4976E

Issue

Current Overview on Pharmaceutical Science Vol. 8

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