Pain
Clinical Inquiries
Do corticosteroid injections improve carpal tunnel syndrome symptoms?
EVIDENCE-BASED ANSWER: Yes. Injected corticosteroids reduce symptoms of carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) more effectively than placebo or systemic...
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Physicians’ odds of beating addiction higher
Stress-related factors and cultural changes appear to be contributing to an increase in physician substance abuse and dependence, but treatment...
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AAP says newborn pain management plans essential for all providers
All facilities caring for newborns should implement a pain prevention program that takes advantage of what pain management strategies do exist.
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DEA’s rescheduling of hydrocodone tied to declines in prescribing
Key clinical point: The DEA’s reclassifying of hydrocodone analgesics from schedule III to the more restrictive schedule II produced an abrupt and...
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Practice guideline released for treating opioid use disorder
Key clinical point: The American Society of Addiction Medicine has released a clinical practice guideline that discusses all of the medications...
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One clinic at a time: Kentucky doctor works to change opioid prescribing
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Wound-healing template approved for diabetic foot ulcers
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Increased heroin use may not be linked to rise in prescription opioid use
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U.S. surgeon general to commission first-ever report on addiction
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91% who overdose on opioids continue to receive opioid prescriptions
Key clinical point: Almost all patients treated at EDs for nonfatal opioid overdose continue to receive opioid prescriptions. Major finding: 2,597...