Pain
From the Journals
Almost one-third of ED patients with gout are prescribed opioids
A diagnosis of diabetes or polyarticular gout attack, and prior opioid use were all associated with a more than 100% higher odds of opioid...
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Claims data suggest endometriosis ups risk of chronic opioid use
Women with endometriosis had a nearly 300% higher rate of chronic opioid use, compared with those without endometriosis, according to an analysis...
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More cognitive rigidity found in patients with depression plus fibromyalgia
More attention might need to be paid to the role of chronic pain in the study and treatment of depressed patients, researchers suggest.
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Opioid use curbed with patient education and lower prescription quantities
Postsurgery patients given education on opioids and prescribed fewer tablets took less medication.
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Opioid prescriptions declined 33% over 5 years
The number of opioid prescriptions decreased 33% nationally from 2013 to 2018, according to the new report from the American Medical Association...
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Pain coping skills training doesn’t improve knee arthroplasty outcomes
TORONTO – A high level of pain catastrophizing prior to scheduled knee arthroplasty is not, as previously thought, a harbinger of poor outcomes....
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Slow breathing: An effective, pragmatic analgesic technique?
MILWAUKEE – The significant pain reductions with this technique came as a surprise to researchers.
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Methotrexate significantly reduced knee OA pain
TORONTO – “I think there is a signal in this study.” – Dr. Philip G. Conaghan
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When adolescents visit the ED, 10% leave with an opioid
Compared with outpatient clinics, prescription rate is more than six times higher in the emergency department.
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Tanezumab acts fast for OA pain relief
TORONTO – The nerve growth factor inhibitor separated from placebo in the first 3-5 days in a phase 3 randomized, controlled trial.
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N.J. law, EMR alerts appear effective at reducing opioid prescriptions
Following implementation of EMR alerts in New Jersey, a greater decline in the morphine milligram equivalent per prescription was seen in New...