Copyright
©The Author(s) 2022. Published by Baishideng Publishing Group Inc. All rights reserved.
World J Psychiatry. Apr 19, 2022; 12(4): 615-622
Published online Apr 19, 2022. doi: 10.5498/wjp.v12.i4.615
Published online Apr 19, 2022. doi: 10.5498/wjp.v12.i4.615
Lidocaine in fibromyalgia: A systematic review
Jozélio Freire de Carvalho, Health Sciences Institute, Federal University of Bahia, Salvador 40231-300, Brazil
Thelma L Skare, Rheumatology Unit, Evangélico Mackenzie Hospital, Curitiba 80730-420, Brazil
Author contributions: de Carvalho JF and Skare TL contributed equally to this work; de Carvalho JF and Skare TL designed the research study, performed the research, and analyzed the data and wrote the manuscript; all authors have read and approved the final manuscript.
Conflict-of-interest statement: The authors declare no conflict of interest.
PRISMA 2009 Checklist statement: The authors have read the PRISMA 2009 Checklist, and the manuscript was prepared and revised according to the PRISMA 2009 Checklist.
Open-Access: This article is an open-access article that was selected by an in-house editor and fully peer-reviewed by external reviewers. It is distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: https://creativecommons.org/Licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Corresponding author: Jozélio Freire de Carvalho, MD, PhD, Adjunct Professor, Health Sciences Institute, Federal University of Bahia, Rua das Violetas, 42, ap. 502, Salvador 40231-300, Brazil. jotafc@gmail.com
Received: March 19, 2021
Peer-review started: March 19, 2021
First decision: May 5, 2021
Revised: May 15, 2021
Accepted: February 23, 2022
Article in press: February 23, 2022
Published online: April 19, 2022
Processing time: 390 Days and 6.9 Hours
Peer-review started: March 19, 2021
First decision: May 5, 2021
Revised: May 15, 2021
Accepted: February 23, 2022
Article in press: February 23, 2022
Published online: April 19, 2022
Processing time: 390 Days and 6.9 Hours
Core Tip
Core Tip: This is the first systematic review on lidocaine studies in fibromyalgia patients.