Pain Management
Feb 13, 2020
Sleep complaints are common among older adults with chronic pain. Because of the risk of significant side effects, sleep medications are not recommended as first-line treatments. Little is known about...
Feb 11, 2020
TUESDAY, Feb. 11, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Racial differences in pain may be rooted in life experience, rather than intrinsic biology, according to a study published online Feb. 3 in Nature Human Beha...
Feb 10, 2020
Heroin production for external markets and low rates of use in Mexico have had a long history. A recent shift toward an increase in use and related problems calls for the evaluation of treatment needs...
Feb 10, 2020
The aim of this study was to report on the opioid prescribing patterns of oral and maxillofacial surgery residents for routine office-based procedures.A survey was sent to current resident members of ...
Feb 10, 2020
The introduction of abuse-deterrent OxyContin in 2010 was intended to reduce its misuse by making it more tamper resistant. However, some studies have suggested that this reformulation might have had ...
Feb 10, 2020
Over the past decade, opioid use disorder (OUD) among pregnant women has increased by over 400%. Although medication assisted treatment (MAT) provides necessary care for women with OUD, effective adju...
Feb 10, 2020
Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) often receive opioid analgesics for pain management. We examined the association between mental health conditions and the risk of chronic opioid therapy.A retro...
Jan 08, 2020
Significantly more patients treated with Ubrelvy versus placebo achieved pain freedom two hours post-treatment TUESDAY, Dec. 24, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Ubrelvy (ubrogepant) tablets have been ap...
Dec 27, 2019
The longer patients continue with buprenorphine treatment, the lower their risk of adverse outcomes. THURSDAY, Dec. 26, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Buprenorphine treatment may be needed ...
Dec 04, 2019
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 4, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- The percentage of patients with migraine reporting freedom from pain is higher for those receiving ubrogepant than those receiving placebo, according to a s...
May 01, 2019
Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in Anesthesiology for April 2019. This roundup includes the latest research news from journal articles, as well as...
May 01, 2019
Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in Pain Management for April 2019. This roundup includes the latest research news from journal articles, as well a...
Apr 19, 2019
FRIDAY, April 19, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Despite a potential increased risk for stroke in patients with diabetes, acetaminophen is a safe first-line analgesic for most older adults living in nursing...
Apr 18, 2019
Early physical therapy (PT) may help reduce the risk of long-term opioid use by serving as an alternative or adjunct to short-term opioid use for patients with various types of musculoskeletal pain. P...
Apr 18, 2019
THURSDAY, April 18, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Fifty-three medical professionals, including 31 doctors, are among the 60 people charged by U.S. authorities for their alleged involvement in the illegal p...
Apr 16, 2019
TUESDAY, April 16, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Barriers to accessing treatment for opioid use disorder (OUD) need to be addressed to help curb the epidemic, according to a report published by the Nationa...
Apr 12, 2019
FRIDAY, April 12, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- From 2009 to 2015, the prevalence of methadone use decreased and buprenorphine use increased among Medicaid-enrolled pregnant women with opioid use disorder,...
Apr 12, 2019
FRIDAY, April 12, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has clarified that the new guideline on prescribing opioids for chronic pain is not meant to limit access...
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...