AAPM member Kenneth Candido, MD, comments on a study regarding patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) IV hydromorphone titration provides quicker analgesic effect, higher patient satisfaction and a similar tolerability compared with non-PCA administration in patients with severe cancer pain. The findings come from a phase 3, randomized clinical trial involving 214 patients

AAPM member Halena Gazelka, MD was interviewed by ABC affiliate WXOW-TV in La Crosse, Wisconsin, regarding the effect of COVID-19 on pain patients and an increase in opioid-related deaths. Read more.

The current pandemic has exacerbated existing sources of social threat for people with chronic pain. To prevent a population-level increase in the severity and impact of chronic pain, it is critical to devote scientific attention to the assessment, mitigation, and prevention of sources of social threat for people with chronic

AAPM member Scott Stayner, MD, has taken over as Nura Pain Clinic’s medical director of ambulatory surgery as its centers try to work through a backlog of chronic pain patients after a pandemic-related shutdown. Stayner, a pain medicine physician with a doctoral degree in bioengineering, said his focus is on

AAPM Foundation President Charles Argoff, MD, and his colleagues at Albany Medical Center invite you to attend the 5th Annual The Art and Science of Pain Management Virtual Conference that will be held on October 3, 2020, 8 am – 1 pm ET. The conference will review the latest technology,