Pain Management

A single-session class on pain management skills was noninferior to 8-week cognitive behavioral therapy, and superior to a health education class, for pain catastrophizing in patients with chronic lower back pain, according to data.

Pain experienced by cancer survivors appeared associated with adverse employment and financial outcomes, according to study results published in Journal of Clinical Oncology.

Greater use of opioid alternatives for the treatment of pain in patients with CVD and expanded public training in the recognition and treatment of overdose may stem the contemporary rise in opioid-related deaths, a committee wrote.

A daily 300 mg dose of tramadol — but not 100 or 200 mg doses — surpassed placebo in improving pain and function related to hip or knee osteoarthritis, but was linked to increasing adverse events, researchers noted in Arthritis Care & Research.

For patients who have undergone surgery as part of their cancer treatment, the need to manage postoperative pain often must be weighed against the need to avoid conversion to chronic opioid use.

Avenue Therapeutics announced the FDA has issued a second complete response letter regarding the new drug application for intravenous tramadol as an analgesic treatment for patients with acute pain.

Findings from the Live Yes! INSIGHTS survey from the Arthritis Foundation showed that out of some 40,000 patient responses, 100% reported experiencing some kind of pain within the last 7 days.

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Patients who received automated text messages that encouraged exercise adherence reported improvements in their knee osteoarthritis pain at 24 weeks, according to results from randomized clinical trial.

There is no association between the use of NSAIDs and increased COVID-19 severity or mortality, according to data published in The Lancet Rheumatology.