Pain
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Pregabalin improves fibromyalgia pain with comorbid depression
Major finding: Pregabalin resulted in an improvement in mean pain scores from 6.7 at baseline to 4.84 in fibromyalgia patients on antidepressant...
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Extended-release hydrocodone approved by FDA
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FDA recommends schedule II for hydrocodone combinations
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Parity laws appear to improve access to substance use disorder treatment
Major finding: Substance use disorder (SUD) parity laws were associated with a 9% increase (P less than .001) in treatment rates in all specialty...
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Longer tapering more effective for prescription opioid addiction
Major finding: Four-week buprenorphine tapering is significantly more effective than 2- and 1-week tapering in treatment of prescription opioid...
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Checklist increased physician confidence in using opiates to manage chronic pain
Major finding: After adding a standardized checklist to the existing electronic medical records system that contained elements of a clinic-wide...
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Chronic cocaine abuse tied to ‘profound metabolic alteration’ in men
Major finding: Cocaine affects fat regulation, not appetite suppression, in cocaine use.Data source: Cross-sectional, case-control study of 65 men...
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‘Catastrophizing’ linked to opioid misuse in chronic pain
Major finding: A significant negative correlation was found between thermal pain thresholds and scores on the Pain Catastrophizing Scale (P less...
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FDA announces classwide label changes to extended-release/long-acting opioids
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Communicating with chronic pain patients about opioids: Three patterns found
Major finding: The uncertainty of opioid treatment leads physicians and patients to work collaboratively by using three patterns of responses:...
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Motives for nonmedical opioid use examined
Major finding: Sixty-six percent of patients reported nonmedical prescription opioid use for reasons other than pain relief, vs. 34% motivated by...