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Plasma and interstitial levels of endocannabinoids and N-acylethanolamines in patients with chronic widespread pain and fibromyalgia: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Inna Kurlyandchik, Romy Lauche, Evelin Tiralongo, Leon N Warne, Janet Schloss

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Review in Pain reports. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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12citing papers in PubMed
2.8field-weighted citation impact, top 10% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Role of the Endocannabinoid System in Fibromyalgia.Current issues in molecular biology · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Inna KurlyandchikNational Centre for Naturopathic Medicine, Southern Cross University, Lismore, New South Wales, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9989-722X
Romy LaucheNational Centre for Naturopathic Medicine, Southern Cross University, Lismore, New South Wales, Australia.
Evelin TiralongoSchool of Pharmacy and Medical Sciences, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.
Leon N WarneLittle Green Pharma, West Perth, Western Australia, Australia.
Janet SchlossNational Centre for Naturopathic Medicine, Southern Cross University, Lismore, New South Wales, Australia.
Southern Cross University · AUGriffith University · AUMurdoch University · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The endocannabinoid system (ECS) is an essential endogenous signaling system that may be involved in the pathophysiology of chronic widespread pain (CWP) and fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS). Further research is required to understand the role of ECS in the development and maintenance of CWP and FMS. We provided the first systematic review and meta-analysis exploring the clinical relevance of ECS alterations in patients with CWP and FMS by comparing plasma and interstitial levels of endocannabinoids and N-acylethanolamines in patients and healthy controls. A systematic search was conducted to identify studies that measured plasma and/or interstitial levels of endocannabinoids and N-acylethanolamines in patients with CWP or FMS and healthy controls. A total of 8 studies were included for qualitative review, and 7 studies were included for meta-analysis. The findings identified increased plasma levels of oleoylethanolamide and stearoylethanolamide in patients with FMS compared with those in controls (

Indexed as

Chronic widespread painEndocannabinoidsEndocannabinoid systemFibromyalgiaN-acylethanolamines

Identifiers

PMID36381652
PMCPMC9646668
OpenAlexW4309245970

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