Pain Medicine Journal
Pain Medicine is dedicated to pain clinicians, educators, and researchers with an interest in pain from various medical specialties and related health disciplines. The journal reflects the rapid growth in pain science and practice, as well as the field’s need for policy, ethical, and forensic commentary on pain and its management. It promotes the visibility and development of pain medicine as a worldwide interdisciplinary medical specialty within a collaborative, multidisciplinary pain field.
Cannabis and cannabidiol for postoperative pain management in orthopedic surgery: a scoping review
Abstract:
Objective:
The use of cannabis and cannabidiol (CBD) as alternatives to opioids for managing postoperative pain has gained increasing interest, especially in orthopedic surgical contexts, where opioid dependence remains a pressing concern. This scoping review evaluates experimental studies published from 2014 to 2025 that investigated the efficacy and safety of cannabis or CBD products in managing postoperative orthopedic pain. (member/subscription access only to this paper)
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Acute, Regional Anesthesiology & Perioperative Pain Medicine Section
- Cannabis and cannabidiol for postoperative pain management in orthopedic surgery: a scoping review.
Co-Morbid Pain & Substance Use Disorders Section
- Construction and validation of a mediation deviation risk prediction model in patients with cancer pain receiving oral opioid formulations during the hospital-to-home transition
- Medical cannabis authorization and opioid milligram equivalents over time in patients with chronic pain: a retrospective analysis
- Prediction of opioid use disorder among patients with chronic non-cancer pain receiving long-term opioid therapy
Review Article
Integrative Medicine Section
Original Research Article
- Therapist delivered massage for veterans with chronic neck pain: a randomized control trial
Interventional Pain & Spine Medicine Section
Original Research Articles
- The nerve to vastus medialis as a target for treating chronic medial knee joint pain: an ultrasound-based anatomical localization study in healthy subjects
- Phenotypes of patients with symptomatic lumbar spinal stenosis presenting for non-operative care: baseline data from the Lumbar Stenosis Prognostic Subgroups for Personalizing Care and Treatment Study (PROSPECTS)
Review Article
- Effectiveness of genicular nerve radiofrequency ablation in osteoarthritis and post-surgical knee pain:
Clinical Perspectives
Problem Based Learning Discussion
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The role of multimodal pain management in complex pelvic pain with muscular dystrophy: a problem-based learning discussion
Teaching Images
- Multisite calcium pyrophosphate deposition disease detected by ultrasonography in a patient with knee pain
- Pudendal nerve compression by mucoid cyst
Resident & Fellow Forum
- Clinical perspectives: navigating buprenorphine formulations for pain treatment and opioid use disorder – a case-based approach
- Persistent pain post lumbar spinal surgery: a diagnostic framework for the non-operative clinician
Research Letters
- Trauma-responsive pain management: a survey of patient characteristics and preferences
- Combined coracohumeral and coracoacromial ligament release for refractory frozen shoulder: a comparative cohort study
Letter to the Editor
- Letter to editor regarding “Bone remodeling, not inflammation, as the predominant pathology in modic type 1 lesions of the lumbar spine,” by Kreutzinger et al.
- Contextualizing “strong opioid” initiation – beyond classification toward clinical intent
- Reply to letter to the editor regarding “contextualizing “strong opioid” initiation – beyond classification toward clinical intent
- RESET trial: comparative effectiveness, exposure equity, and the next generation of peripheral nerve stimulation evidence
- Authors’ response to the letter to the editor on “Comparison of percutaneous 60-day peripheral nerve stimulation of the lumbar medial branches to usual care with standard interventional management for chronic low back pain – a multicenter pragmatic randomized control trial (RESET)”
- Revisiting topical therapies in neuropathic pain: Lessons from guidelines and clinical practice
- Topical analgesics for neuropathic pain: An evidence-informed guide for the practicing clinician