Pain
Conference Coverage
How to make the move away from opioids for chronic noncancer pain
How do physicians treat patients with chronic pain and guard against addiction?
Conference Coverage
Helpful schedules ease task of tapering opioids
ESTES PARK, COLO. – Patients generally tolerate gradual weaning to 30%-50% of original dose.
From the Journals
Analysis: Gabapentinoids aren’t the answer to back pain
There’s little evidence that pregabalin and gabapentin are effective for chronic lower back pain, but they do carry risks of side effects.
From the Journals
Cannabis shows inconsistent benefits for pain, PTSD
What should physicians tell patients seeking medical cannabis for these conditions?
From the Journals
U.S. opioid, heroin overdose deaths may be one-fifth higher than reported
New analysis suggests geographic disparities in accuracy of reporting opioid and heroin mortality.
News
Pain frequency varies by employment status
Previously employed adults are the most likely to experience daily pain.
Applied Evidence
Hand and arm pain: A pictorial guide to injections
This article, with illustrative figures, will help you get to the cause of your patient’s pain and guide your administration of corticosteroid...
From the Journals
Opioid use higher in adults with health conditions
Patients with cirrhosis are nearly twice as likely as are those without the condition to use prescription opioids.
Conference Coverage
Novel knee osteoarthritis drugs target pain, joint space narrowing
MADRID – Two experimental therapies show promise as future alternatives to current therapies.
Feature
Report: Opioid epidemic fight must increase substantially and immediately
Efforts to prevent opioid overdose deaths should be increased substantially and immediately as a public health priority, according to an expert...
Law & Medicine
Physician liability in opioid deaths
What civil and criminal penalties can physicians face when their patients die from opioid overdoses?