More than nine months since the COVID-19 pandemic started in the United States, some people still have symptoms long after they've "recovered." Experts are learning more about these "long-haul" COVID-19 cases. Symptoms are wide-ranging, and [...]
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 [...]
The COVID-19 pandemic is exacerbating the challenges faced by Veterans at risk of opioid overdose including Veterans prescribed moderate-to-high dose long-term opioid therapy (LTOT) whose usual treatment resources and coping strategies may be inaccessible. This [...]
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.
New research from the University of Arizona could explain why nearly half of all people who get coronavirus show few or no symptoms. The researchers discovered SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, has the ability [...]
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 [...]
A National Institutes of Health-funded study found that people with substance use disorders (SUDs) are more susceptible to COVID-19 and its complications. The research, published in Molecular Psychiatry, was co-authored by Nora D. Volkow, M.D., [...]
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, [...]
The Federation of State Medical Boards is holding ongoing meetings with its member boards to discuss how the COVID-19 pandemic is impacting the mental health of clinicians and to further address ways in which licensing [...]
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 [...]
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