A study under way at UAB is evaluating treatments for coping with non-cardiac chest pain -- gripping chest pain experienced by people with normal coronary arteries. "As many as 150,000 people a year in the United States are diagnosed with non-cardiac chest pain," says Laurence A. Bradley, Ph.D., UAB professor of medicine. "For many of these patients, frequent episodes of chest pain significantly interfere with their ability to perform routine activities." The study is the first to compare behavior modification to drug therapy in helping people cope with non-cardiac chest pain. "Both treatments have been found effective. This study will allow a comparison."
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