Chronic Pain

Neither intervention group demonstrated any significant improvements in intensity of chronic breathlessness after taking regular, low-dose, extended-release morphine.

Reductions in prescribed benzodiazepines were especially noted in continuing prescriptions.

New comparative effectiveness data go against CDC recommendations for tapering or abruptly ending long-term opioid prescription.

FDA approved combination therapy relugolix, estradiol, and norethindrone acetate (Myfembree) for the management of moderate to severe pain associated with endometriosis.

After March 2020, overdose deaths not involving methadone continued to increase whereas methadone-involved overdose deaths remained stable.

According to a new report from the CDC, as fatal drug overdoses increase across the board, the Black and Indigenous communities represent a significantly greater death rates.

Data indicate that higher levels of perceived pain related disability and greater difficulty falling asleep was associated with increased anxiety levels in adults with fibromyalgia and insomnia.

Since the delivery of these medications were disrupted during the pandemic, members of racial and ethnic minority groups experienced an increased risk of opioid overdose, compared with White individuals.

Presence of chronic liver disease, prior use of gabapentin and being discharged to a long-term hospital or rehabilitation center are among some of the factors associated with a new opioid use disorder diagnosis.

The daily oral combination therapy will be reconsidered for treating endometriosis pain this August.

A new method of opioid disposal was proposed by the FDA in an attempt to mitigate unauthorized access to opioids and lessen risk of addiction.

Acadia Pharmaceuticals evaluated the effects of its novel redox modulator drug on pain intensity levels of patients undergoing a bunionectomy.

The NaV1.8 inhibitor VX-548 shows promising potential as a non-opioid acute pain treatment.

Patients with psoriatic arthritis and ankylosing spondylitis experienced rapid pain reduction with upadacitinib, regardless of treatment history.

From the struggle of obtaining insurance approvals to addressing the nationwide shortage of rheumatologists, Dr. Baker Frost talks about her experience treating patients with autoimmune disease.

The Director of Policy and Advocacy for the US Pain Foundation addresses the important changes made to the updated draft of the CDC Clinical Practical Guideline for Prescribing Opioids 2022.

A summarization of the in-depth review, editorial and synopsis provided by multiple experts after revising the updates to the VA/DoD joint clinical practice guideline for substance use disorders.

The use and legalization of cannabis products has been increasing in the US for a variety of medical concerns. Investigators aim to better understand the risks and benefits of owning a medical marijuana card.

Mindfulness-oriented recovery enhancement is unlike other mindfulness-based treatments and was found superior to supportive group psychotherapy for treating opioid misuse and chronic pain.

When the pandemic began, prescribers in Canada were allowed to increase the amount of opioid agonist therapy take-home doses for individuals with opioid use disorder.

While recent data indicate the potential to reduce opioid overdose mortality rates with naloxone distribution, authors call for increased support for those who witness an overdose.

Intravenous tramadol, developed by Avenue Therapeutics, fails to attain FDA approval as treatment for acute pain in adults.

A new study highlights the urgency to implement better access and distribution of naloxone to avert witnessed opioid overdose deaths.

The CDC is encouraging public feedback on updated guideline recommendations for opioid prescribers for the first time since 2016.

Experts explain that their analysis clearly lays out how lack of effective regulation and an unchecked profit motive created the opioid epidemic.

The findings of this study can be applied to guide opioid counseling and monitoring when prescribing the medication.

A new study evaluated factors associated with quality of life by observing levels of chronic pain in Chinese patients who were receiving maintenance hemodialysis.

New data show that even though physical therapy may be the more expensive treatment for knee osteoarthritis, it’s more effective than intra-articular glucocorticoid injection.

Exposure to long-term prescription opioid therapy was linked to a 3.2-fold higher risk of HCV seroconversion compared to individuals who were prescription opioid-naïve or acute.

Greg Marchand has achieved world records in the field of OBGYN and minimally invasive surgery. In an interview, he discusses the progress of the outpatient hysteroscopy.