Pain Management
CDC's opioid guidelines had unintended consequences for those with sickle cell disease
The release of the 2016 CDC guidelines for prescribing opioids for chronic pain may have had unintended consequences for patients with sickle cell disease, or SCD, a study showed.
Proxymetacaine shows efficacy in pain control after cross-linking
FRANKFURT, Germany — Proxymetacaine drops are one strategy to reduce postoperative pain after epi-off cross-linking, according to a study conducted at a U.K. hospital.
‘Exploring the power of their mind’: Data may offer clues to harnessing the placebo effect
Despite the placebo effect’s long history in medicine — not to mention the critical role placebo plays in randomized trials — the mechanism driving it remains poorly understood.
Managing pain should be more than ‘hammering patients with immunomodulatory medications’
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Understanding the science of pain can help rheumatologists better manage fibromyalgia and other chronic conditions, according to a presenter at the Basic and Clinical Immunology for the Busy Clinician symposium.
‘We receive almost no training in pain’: Breaking the cycle of chronic pain, depression
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Understanding the relationship between mental and physical distress is essential to breaking the cycle of chronic pain, according to a presenter at the Basic and Clinical Immunology for the Busy Clinician symposium.
Increasing physical activity may lessen pain intensity for cancer survivors
People with cancer who perform a certain level physical activity may experience less intense pain than people without cancer who are less active, according to data published in Cancer.
Trial misses primary endpoint — patient activation — but improves other health outcomes
An intervention failed to increase patient activation, but it helped to improve depression, patient portal management and other health measures among patients with chronic pain on long-term opioids, according to a randomized trial.
Medical device firm secures $85M to advance CNS-based chronic pain system
An Ohio-based medical device company has secured $85 million in financing to advance a pain management system targeting the central nervous system to help those who have undergone surgery or sustained damage from other events or conditions.
Adults increasingly used complementary health approaches for pain over past 20 years
The overall use of several complementary health approaches, and their use for pain management specifically, rose substantially over the last couple of decades, researchers found.
VIDEO: Challenges in diagnosing, managing polymyalgia rheumatica
In this video, Sebastian E. Sattui, MD, MS, discusses challenges in making a polymyalgia rheumatica diagnosis.