Pain
Case Reports
50-year-old man • foot pain • “purple” toe • history of smoking • Dx?
► Foot pain
► “Purple” toe
► History of smoking
Applied Evidence
A guide to managing disorders of the ear pinna and canal
This review will help you troubleshoot everything from infections and foreign bodies to trauma and neoplasm.
Commentary
Managing amidst COVID-19 (and everything else that ails us)
We must continue to tend to the other health care needs of our patients even as we deal with COVID-19.
Photo Rounds
Painful, swollen elbow
Was a recent procedure responsible for this patient’s pain?
Applied Evidence
Tips and tools for safe opioid prescribing
This review—with tables summarizing opioid options, dosing considerations, and recommendations for tapering—will help you provide rigorous Tx for...
Feature
Move over supplements, here come medical foods
When it comes to medical foods, the FDA has often looked the other way because the ingredients may already have been proven safe and the danger to...
From the Journals
New insight into neurobehavioral effects of legalized cannabis
Cannabis consumption did not affect most short-term neurobehavioral measures, but it delayed recall memory and impaired balance.
News from the FDA/CDC
Use of nonopioid pain meds is on the rise
Prescription opioid use declined from 2009 to 2018, but not significantly.
Conference Coverage
New data back use of medical cannabis for epilepsy, pain, anxiety
Marijuana products linked to improved symptoms on a variety of fronts, research suggests, and adverse effects seem rare.
Conference Coverage
Managing pain expectations is key to enhanced recovery
Multimodal approach to postsurgery pain management can reduce or eliminate opioids for certain patient groups.