Pain
Daily News Podcast
Opioids don’t top NSAIDs for chronic pain
And canakinumab has a remarkable effect on knee and hip replacement risk.
Daily News Podcast
Insulin loses its starting spot
And fewer migraines may signal greater diabetes risk in women.
From the Journals
Opioid benefit small in chronic noncancer pain
In a systematic review and meta-analysis, the reduction in chronic noncancer pain from opioids versus placebo was significant but small, and...
Conference Coverage
Rheumatologist prescribing rates predict chronic opioid use in RA patients
CHICAGO – Higher baseline opioid prescribing rates among physicians predict chronic opioid use in RA patients.
Feature
USPSTF issues draft research plan on opioid use disorder prevention
Public comment is sought on the research plan.
Conference Coverage
“FAST” indices help to identify fibromyalgia in routine rheumatology care
CHICAGO – The new tool’s indices are “very easily calculated” and are created from scales already used routinely in clinical care.
From the Journals
A case of cold burn reported with whole-body cryotherapy
A 71-year-old man presented with a cold burn injury a day after a cryotherapy session for back pain and arthritis.
Applied Evidence
Epistaxis: A guide to assessment and management
Is your patient’s nosebleed a self-limiting occurrence, or a sign of something more worrisome? And which treatments are best in which situations...
From the Journals
Comorbid TBI & PTSD raise the risk for sleep disturbances, pain
Original Research
Dialing back opioids for chronic pain one conversation at a time
In this study, significant opioid tapering was achieved following frank discussions and the use of a tapering protocol. And patient-physician...
Conference Coverage
Opioids appear safe for sickle cell pain
SAN DIEGO – For sickle cell patients, opioid-related mortality is essentially a “never” event.