Apr 10, 2019

WEDNESDAY, April 10, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Peripheral nerve blockade with regular local anesthetic and liposomal bupivacaine is associated with lower oral morphine equivalent (OME) use at 72 hours ...

Apr 10, 2019

WEDNESDAY, April 10, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Because of the danger of "serious harm" to patients, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is advising doctors not to suddenly stop patients from taking o...

Apr 09, 2019

As a family physician in private practice, our Editor in Chief, Linda Girgis, MD, understands what it means to practice in a vast area of medicine. While physicians will always juggle the challenges o...

Apr 07, 2019

By Lisa Girion and Maria Caspani (Reuters) - A physician ally of Purdue Pharma LP whose views helped drive the explosive growth in the use of addictive pain relievers for ...

Apr 04, 2019

By Nate Raymond (Reuters) - Oklahoma's attorney general on Thursday had dropped all but a single claim against Johnson & Johnson and Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd...

Apr 04, 2019

By Jonathan Stempel and Deena Beasley NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Swiss drugmaker Novartis AG sued Amgen Inc on Thursday, accusing the U.S. biotechnology company of t...

Apr 04, 2019

By Nate Raymond BOSTON (Reuters) - The founder of Insys Therapeutics Inc put profits over patient safety by bribing doctors to prescribe an addictive fentanyl spray, fueli...

Apr 02, 2019

By Nate Raymond BOSTON (Reuters) - Members of the Sackler family behind OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma LP have asked a judge to toss a lawsuit by the Massachusetts attorney...

Apr 02, 2019

By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) - More low-income people addicted to opioids are getting diagnosed and treated with effective medication as a result of the Affordable Care Act, a new study sugges...

Apr 02, 2019

By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) - - Spinal manipulation therapy isn't routinely recommended as the initial treatment for low back pain, but a research review suggests th...

Apr 02, 2019

(In the third paragraph of the April 1 story, corrects to U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration from U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency) By Michael Martina BEIJING...

Apr 01, 2019

Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in Pain Management for March 2019. This roundup includes the latest research news from journal articles, as well a...

Feb 11, 2019

Studies and news articles about the importance of the relationship between physicians and patients are prolific; the take away is always the same: better, more frequent communication and deeper empath...

Dec 25, 2018

Evidence indicates that opioid infusions are commonly used to manage patients admitted to the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU). However, children with prolonged exposure to opioids frequently deve...

Oct 16, 2018

Axial spondyloarthritis is an inflammatory condition that significantly impairs quality of life. Biologic agents and other treatments may improve physical and mental health.   Axial spo...

Aug 24, 2018

In light of the current “opioid epidemic” in the United States, a dire need exists for alternatives to opioid medications for treating chronic pain. “Evidence suggests that many patients are see...

May 22, 2018

Kenilworth, N.J., May 22, 2018 – Trusted by doctors and other healthcare professionals for more than a century, The Merck Manual, now published in its 20th Edition, offers readers the tactile sati...

Jan 30, 2018

In October 2017, President Donald Trump announced that the opioid epidemic is a public health emergency. Earlier the same week, the FDA declared that since 2001, prescription drugs (largely opioids) h...

Jan 05, 2018

According to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), 4.3 million Americans engage in non-medical use of prescription opioids each month. Approximately 1.9 million Ameri...

Nov 20, 2017

Discharging PE Patients from the ED Evidence indicates that EDs are overcrowded, that length of stay is of major concern, and that decreasing hospital admissions is good for patients. For a study, ...