Pain Management

In a retrospective cohort study, non-English speaking patients received fewer pain assessments and fewer doses of NSAIDs and oxycodone therapeutic equivalents after a cesarean delivery, according to researchers.

Two dosing regimens of tanezumab yielded comparable outcomes in pain and function as NSAIDs across a number of osteoarthritis patient subgroups, according to a speaker at the 2021 OARSI World Congress virtual meeting.

Pain in obese individuals with osteoarthritis is caused by biomechanical and inflammatory processes and may involve depression, according to a speaker at the 2021 OARSI World Congress.

Irritable bowel syndrome is one of the most burdensome and chronic ailments with an estimated 45 million people affected in the United States, the International Foundation for Gastrointestinal Disorders reports.

Active, percutaneous peripheral nerve stimulation reduced pain scores and opioid requirements without side effects during the first 7 days after ambulatory orthopedic surgery, according to published results.

British researchers found that beta-blockers were associated with a reduced risk for primary care consultations for knee osteoarthritis and knee and hip pain. A review of the findings was the top story in rheumatology last week.

The FDA’s Arthritis Advisory Committee and Drug Safety and Risk Management Advisory Committee denied Pfizer’s risk mitigation proposal for its osteoarthritis drug tanezumab. A recap of the hearing was the top story in rheumatology last week.

A pair of FDA advisory committees has rejected a risk mitigation proposal from Pfizer for its NGF-blocker tanezumab, stating it would fail to ensure the drug’s benefits outweigh its risks for patients with osteoarthritis.

Electroacupuncture and auricular acupuncture led to greater pain reductions than usual care among cancer survivors with chronic musculoskeletal pain, according to results of a randomized clinical trial published in JAMA Oncology.

Patients undergoing cataract surgery treated with a nepafenac punctal plug delivery system experienced significantly less postoperative pain compared with those treated with a placebo punctal plug, according to a study.