Pain
News
Buprenorphine implants rival daily sublingual buprenorphine for opioid dependence
Buprenorphine implants may be a viable tool in battling opioid addiction because they proved to be a noninferior treatment option, compared with...
News
Common surgeries linked to chronic opioid use among opioid-naive patients
Common surgeries increase the risk of chronic opioid use in opioid-naive adults, especially those using antidepressants or benzodiazepines before...
Commentary
Prescription opioid analgesics: Is there a risk for birth defects?
The risks reported for early pregnancy exposure are generally modest for specific defects. The rarity of even the most common of these specific...
Commentary
How practice changes us
Will physicians be on the wrong side of medical history by providing patients with chronic pain access to medical marijuana?
Mental Health Consult
VIDEO: A case study in managing opioid addiction after a back injury
In this edition of Mental Health Consult, our panel discusses their recommendations for workup and next steps for managing a 45-year-old man who...
Conference Coverage
New data propel headache neuromodulation devices toward approval
News
Feds raise buprenorphine patient loads
The rule, effective Aug. 5, allows qualified practitioners to prescribe buprenorphine to up to 275 patients, up from the previous limit of 100....
Applied Evidence
Hand compression neuropathy: An assessment guide
When a patient presents with pain or paresthesias of the hand and fingers, knowing what to ask, what to look for, and which tests to consider is...
Conference Coverage
Genetic therapy lowers joint bleeding in hemophilia B
COPENHAGEN – It’s early days yet, but results look highly promising for the ability of an experimental gene-transfer therapy to improve...
News
Long-acting opioids increase cardiovascular deaths in noncancer patients
Conference Coverage
New fibromyalgia recommendations have firmer evidence base
The new EULAR recommendations for fibromyalgia incorporate a decade’s worth of new evidence collected since the last edition appeared in 2008.