Neurology
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Pharmacogenetics could be the key to more effective opioid prescription
Pharmacogenetic testing could lead to more effective prescribing of opioids for management of chronic pain.
News
Physician- and patient-based fibromyalgia criteria differ little for most patients
Key clinical point: Physician-based and patient-based reporting of fibromyalgia symptoms yield similar rates of fibromyalgia diagnosis. Major...
Commentary
Gabapentin for chronic cough
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Caution advised for viewers of YouTube peripheral neuropathy videos
Conference Coverage
Ocrelizumab decreases relapses, brain lesion development in relapsing-remitting MS
Key clinical point: Ocrelizumab decreased relapses and new lesions in relapsing remitting MS. Major finding: Compared with interferon beta-1a,...
News
Glutamate-based neuroimaging identifies epileptic foci
Key clinical point:Glutamate-based neuroimaging could identify epileptic foci in epilepsy patients who are nonlesional on conventional MRI. Major...
Conference Coverage
Ocrelizumab posts first-ever positive outcome data for primary progressive MS
Key clinical point: The humanized monoclonal antibody ocrelizumab is the first drug to post positive results for patients with primary progressive...
News
Daclizumab’s efficacy against MS tempered by adverse events
Key clinical point: Daclizumab HYP was more effective than was interferon beta-1a at reducing the relapse rate and the number of new brain lesions...
News
Anti-TNFs for IBD may double relative risk of demyelinating diseases
“If true, the observed association could either be attributed to the unmasking of a latent demyelinating disease or to the emergence of a de novo...
Conference Coverage
VIDEO: Fibromyalgia doesn’t fit the disease model
Conference Coverage
Ocular syphilis on the rise: What clinicians must know
Ocular syphilis is on the rise, and physician misinformation about this known complication is common.