AAPM Member and MedPage Today Pain Points blog contributor Heath McAnally, MD, discusses that the overzealous attention to gabapentinoids and its potential for non-indicated prescription, misuse, abuse and adverse effects. "We're in a war against [...]
Brief Summary: Patients with fibromyalgia (FM) are more sensitive to things that cause pain. Music lowers self-reported pain in patients with chronic pain. The investigators are able to measure pain sensitivity and pain tolerance using [...]
Brief Summary: Patients with pain commonly experience cognitive impairment. While symptoms of pain are effectively treated with osteopathic manipulative treatment (OMT), the cognitive piece is vastly ignored. Pain-induced cognitive dysfunction can be severe and is [...]
The Pain Registry for Epidemiological, Clinical, and Interventional Studies and Innovation is also known as the PRECISION Pain Research Registry. The registry gathers data from research participants to determine risk factors for pain, develop prevention [...]
Even without specific opioid prescription guidelines for cancer patients, UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center uses various pain treatment strategies, ranging from blocking nerves and stimulating the spinal cord to injecting steroids and prescribing new drugs [...]
A team at the University of Cambridge has shown how, in osteoarthritis patients, the viscous lubricant that ordinarily allows our joints to move smoothly triggers a pain response from nerve cells similar to that caused [...]
Peptides are currently one of a select list of treatments used to tackle arthritis. Peptides can help quell inflammation, while improving gut and bone health as well. At the same time, they can encourage adequate [...]
In a new research letter in the New England Journal of Medicine, a team from the Michigan Opioid Prescribing Engagement Network reports the results of a collaborative effort to help surgical teams follow evidence-based opioid [...]
New research showed that, overall, opioids are being used in place of medicines that are approved and indicated to treat migraine – particularly among those who experience migraine headaches more frequently. Full story.
Abstract: INTRODUCTION: Rib fractures are associated with increased mortality, particularly in the elderly. While opiate-based pain regimens remain the cornerstone of rib fracture management, issues related to opioids have driven research into alternative analgesics. Adjunctive [...]
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