Pain Management News

Women with chronic pelvic pain disorders who engaged in moderate to vigorous physical activity had improved mental health scores vs. those who did not, according to study results published in the Journal of Pain Research.

The Prospera SCS system for pain management relieved pain, improved sleep and reduced opioid use at 24 months, according to interim results of the BENEFIT-03 study.

Spine injections should not be given to adults with chronic back pain because they provide little or no pain relief vs. sham injections, according to new clinical practice guidelines.

Pain may influence cancer survivors’ decisions to use tobacco or cannabis, according to results of a retrospective analysis.

The FDA approved 16 psychiatric drugs over the last decade, most of which shared similar mechanisms of action with previously developed drugs, according to data in a research latter published in JAMA Network Open.

The FDA has approved Journavx 50 mg oral tablets for the treatment of moderate to severe acute pain in adults, according to a press release.

Adults aged 18 to 49 years who used cannabis for medical reasons had higher rates of cannabis use disorder compared with adults who only used cannabis recreationally, according to a research letter published in JAMA Psychiatry.

Although state laws have expanded access to naloxone, overdose deaths among adolescents and young adults continue to climb, according to data published in JAMA Pediatrics.

Guidelines for cannabis and prescription opioid use in the management of cancer-associated pain should reflect changing patient attitudes toward these approaches, according to study findings.