Pain

Proctalgia fugax (fugax-fleeting) is characterized by brief episodes of rectal pain. Although a common problem, information regarding this disorder is limited because the published medical literature consists mostly of anecdotal reports and small case series.

DESTIN, Fla. — Clinical practice guidelines for chronic pain sometimes emerge through flawed processes, present conflicting statements, and warrant close evaluation, according to a speaker at the Congress of Clinical Rheumatology East.

DESTIN, Fla. — Physicians can consider cannabis before opioids for chronic pain when other options have been exhausted, according to a speaker at the Congress of Clinical Rheumatology East.

DESTIN, Fla. — Patients with gout should be continually reminded that urate-lowering therapy may go on for the rest of their life, according to a speaker at the Congress of Clinical Rheumatology East annual meeting.

Cyclic pain, particularly in the abdomen, that impacts day-to-day life is not normal. Health care providers should always consider endometriosis as a possibility if patients present with such symptoms.

The autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease registry may help assess various aspects of disease burden on patients’ health-related quality of life, according to published research.

Okyo Pharma has announced additional findings from its phase 2 trial of OK-101, including statistically significant improvement in ocular pain relief, conjunctival staining and tear breakup time in patients with dry eye disease.

In this Healio video, Philip J. Mease, MD, discusses ongoing clinical trials in psoriatic arthritis and data presented at ACR Convergence 2023, as well as upcoming research.

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.

Patients with hidradenitis suppurativa are hesitant to use adalimumab — which is recommended as a first-line treatment for the skin condition — as well as other biologics, according to a study.