The HCPLive pain page is a resource for medical news and expert insights on pain medicine. This page features expert-led coverage, articles, videos and research on the therapies and development of treatments for acute pain, chronic pain, addiction medicine, and more.
April 29th 2024
FDA issued a CRL the abbreviated new drug application of ketamine, which had sought to enhance accessibility to the limited drug supply.
Advancing Care in Erosive Esophagitis: Towards a Path of Complete Healing
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Cases and Conversations™: Applying Best Practices to Prevent Shingles in Your Practice
October 16, 2024
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Shaping the Management of COPD with Biologic Therapy
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Elevating Care for PAH: Applying Recommended Management Approaches to Maximize Outcomes
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Expert Illustrations & Commentaries™: Exploring the Role of Novel Agents for the Management of IgA Nephropathy
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Clinical Consultations™: Managing Depressive Episodes in Patients with Bipolar Disorder Type II
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Medical Crossfire®: Understanding the Advances in Bipolar Disease Treatment—A Comprehensive Look at Treatment Selection Strategies
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'REEL’ Time Patient Counseling: The Diagnostic and Treatment Journey for Patients With Bipolar Disorder Type II – From Primary to Specialty Care
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‘REEL’ Time Patient Counseling™: Navigating the Complex Journey of Diagnosing and Managing Fabry Disease
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Expert Illustrations & Commentaries™: Envisioning Novel Therapeutic Approaches to Managing ANCA-associated Vasculitis
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Clinical ShowCase™: Finding the Best Path Forward for Patients with COPD
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A Tethered Approach to Type 2 Diabetes Care – Connecting Insulin Regimens with Digital Technology
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Surv.AI Says™: What Clinicians and Patients Are Saying About Glucose Management in the Technology Age
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Patient, Provider & Caregiver Connection™: Implementing an Effective Management Plan to Improve Outcomes in IgA Nephropathy
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2009 Witnesses Many Firsts in Efforts to Overcome Lupus
December 29th 2009The year 2009 will be remembered as a year of many firsts for lupus, including the launch of a public awareness campaign, a report on the barriers to lupus drug development, and the first successful phase III clinical trial of a potential new treatment for lupus.
Alberta Breakthrough Pain Assessment Tool
December 28th 2009The ABPAT is a standardized assessment "designed to characterize various clinically relevant elements of breakthrough pain" and support "improved research on the tolerability, safety and efficacy of novel breakthrough analgesic interventions."
Podcast: Managing the Debilitating Affects of Chronic Pain
December 28th 2009This interview with Dr. Carol Campbell of Zayed University in the United Arab Emirates, explores how patients suffering from chronic pain who discuss their pain often and freely can frustrate and alienate family and friends.
The Educated Patient: The Facial Pain Association
December 28th 2009The Facial Pain Association's Learning Center provides numerous patient-focused guides, one of which aid individuals fighting insurance coverage denials and another that helps neuropathic facial pain sufferers better understand their rights as disabled individuals under various state and federal laws.
Acetaminophen Can Help Psychological Pain
December 22nd 2009In a University of Kentucky study, acetaminophen reduced neural responses to social rejection in brain regions associated with the distress of social pain and the affective component of physical pain (the dorsal anterior cingulate cortex and anterior insula)
I watched a student reading her text from a hand-held device not too long ago in class, and wondered how she could read print that it fit such a small screen. Soon I'll find out for myself I've just been informed by a family member that a Nook is coming my way after the holidays.
Cricoarytenoid Arthritis in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients
Arthritis of the cricoarytenoid joints is not as rare as is commonly believed. Many sources still consider cricoarytenoid arthritis to be an atypical symptom of rheumatoid arthritis in spite of evidence to the contrary.
Depression, Anxiety Major Factors in Neck Pain
December 11th 2009This activity covers a German report in BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders that found of 448 patients reporting at least one episode of neck pain between March 2005 and April 2006, "depression and anxiety were highly significantly correlated with increasing levels of neck pain."
Physicians Reluctant to Treat Pain in Children with Sickle Cell Disease
December 11th 2009A majority of providers felt that hydroxyurea was effective for the prevention of pain, but some still did not prescribe the drug to eligible children because of apprehension about future reproductive issues, despite insufficient evidence to support this concern.
Concerns about Pain Guidelines: When Strong Claims Follow from Weak Evidence
The development of clinical medical-practice guidelines is a difficult and arduous process. Experts in various disciplines volunteer many hours of their time for medical research reviews and analyses and meetings with fellow guidelines-panel members, and painstakingly writing and reviewing the final report. However, there are many concerns about the quality of medical research serving as a basis for those guidelines.
Online Shopping for Medical Information
I overhead two women chatting about symptoms the other day while they were surfing WebMD on their respective iPhones for diagnoses - their discussion was as public and non-chalant as if they were shopping. I mused over this for a minute, unsure if I should be disturbed or not, and then found myself wondering which URLs really are the "go-to" sites for health information. An answer was only a click away via Google search at eBizMBA.com.
Baumann's Call to Arms - Use of Twitter in Healthcare in 2009
December 9th 2009Way back in January, Phil Baumann, RN, provided an empathic answer to the question/concern that was on everyone's mind then: "Yeah Twitter seems great and all, but can you use it for anything useful in healthcare?" We followed up with him to see how 2009 went.
Security Rules Put Providers on Notice
December 4th 2009HITECH says covered entities must be able to monitor and record every time that patient data is accessed, enabling the entity to comply with the new notification requirements should unauthorized access occur. Will the new rules end up restricting the efficient exchange of data that is crucial to providing high-quality healthcare?