Pain
Practice Alert
Opioids for chronic pain: The CDC’s 12 recommendations
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued 12 recommendations to help clinicians prescribe an optimal and safe course of treatment...
Original Research
A look at the burden of opioid management in primary care
This pilot study identified practice variables that can increase the time and resources needed to manage opioids. The authors suggest possible...
3-in-3
Diagnosis & assessment of pain: Refining your approach
In this "3 in 3" video, Louis Kuritzky, MD, offers 3 practical tips to help you refine your approach to the patient with chronic pain.
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Survey: Primary care needs opioid alternatives
“We were told ... that [opioids] wouldn’t be addictive in the great majority of patients. This was obviously wrong,” said one respondent.
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Surgeon general’s addiction report calls for better integrated care
Physicians must step up prevention efforts and the use of state-of-the-art medicine when treating addiction, according to a new surgeon general’s...
Conference Coverage
VIDEO: Celecoxib just as safe as naproxen or ibuprofen in OA and RA
WASHINGTON - Celecoxib conferred a 53% decreased risk of overall mortality upon patients with rheumatoid arthritis when compared with naproxen - a...
Conference Coverage
VIDEO: PRECISION exonerates celecoxib: cardiovascular risk is no worse than that of nonselective NSAIDs
NEW ORLEANS – The cardiovascular safety profile of the nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) celecoxib, a selective inhibitor of COX-2, is...
Conference Coverage
Long-term opioid use uncommon among trauma patients
Trauma patients don’t appear to be at an increased risk of long-term opioid use.
From the Journals
Mastoid stimulation significantly reduces episodic migraine frequency
Episodic migraines were safely and effectively treated using percutaneous mastoid electrical stimulators in a randomized, double-blind, sham-...
Conference Coverage
Shared medical appointment model shows potential for fibromyalgia patients
Fibromyalgia patients who participated in shared medical appointments staffed by an interdisciplinary team at a rural academic medical center...
3-in-3
Fibromyalgia management: A multimodal approach
In this “3 in 3” video, Wendy Wright, MS, APRN, FNP, FAANP, FAAN, identifies drugs that are especially useful in helping patients with...