Pain Management
Rheumatologists ‘must acknowledge the real-world need’ to understand medical cannabis use
Despite a lack of “gold standard” evidence surrounding cannabis use for musculoskeletal pain, rheumatologists must not turn a blind eye to how such products are used by their patients in the real world, according to researchers.
Pain management training may benefit patients on hemodialysis
SAN DIEGO — Pain coping skills training may be beneficial for pain interference and related outcomes for patients on hemodialysis, according to data presented at ASN Kidney Week.
FDA requires manufacturers facilitate return of unused opioids
FDA has amended its Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy to require that opioid manufacturers provide pharmacies and dispensaries with materials to facilitate the return of unused opioid analgesics, according to a press release.
Survey highlights disparities in cancer pain management, need for cannabis guidelines
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.
VIDEO: Defining pain, nonmedical treatment may help minimize patient’s opioid use
In this video from the Academic Orthopaedic Consortium Business & Leadership Symposium, Amanda T. Whitaker, MD, discusses best practices implemented at her institutions to decrease opioid exposure among pediatric patients.
Open-label placebo injection demonstrates ‘modest’ benefit in chronic back pain
A single saline injection, openly prescribed as a placebo, yielded approximately 1 month of chronic back pain improvement, along with longer-term benefits in depression and sleep, according to data published in JAMA Network Open.
Patients report rheumatic disease improvement after swapping certain drugs for cannabis
Nearly two-thirds of patients with rheumatic diseases reported swapping NSAIDs, opioids, sleep aids or muscle relaxants with medical cannabis, with most reporting higher symptom improvement with the cannabis, according to data.
‘Find the broken part and fix it’: Treating depression can improve chronic pain
SAN DIEGO — Improving depressive symptoms can reduce patients’ chronic pain, according to a presenter at the 2024 Congress of Clinical Rheumatology West.
Liposomal bupivacaine yields no significant pain relief after hip hemiarthroplasty
Compared with a control, liposomal bupivacaine did not provide effective pain management for older patients who undergo hemiarthroplasty for an intracapsular femoral neck fracture, according to published results.
Muscle relaxants may provide benefits for a narrow segment of chronic pain conditions
Long-term use of skeletal muscle relaxants may be beneficial only for the treatment of a narrow subset of chronic pain conditions, according to the findings of a systematic review published in JAMA Network Open.