Pain
News
Real acupuncture beat sham for osteoarthritis knee pain
Approximately 60% of patients treated with electroacupuncture showed clinical improvement in pain and function after 8 weeks.
Medical Forum
A Veteran Presenting With Chronic Progressive Dyspnea on Exertion
A 45-year-old avid outdoorsman and highly active US Coast Guard veteran with a medical history of asthma and chronic back pain was referred to the...
News
Sleep apnea found to impact pain severity in younger adults
More thorough pain intensity screening in young patients with OSA may be needed.
News
FDA issues new NSAIDs warning for second half of pregnancy
The FDA action expands on earlier warnings about agents in this drug class, which the FDA previously cautioned about taking after week 30 of...
Program Profile
Multidisciplinary Transitional Pain Service for the Veteran Population
A The Transitional Pain Service identified at-risk patients as soon as they were indicated for surgery, to allow time for evaluation, education,...
News
Children’s opioid harms vary by race, location
Analysis of North Carolina Medicaid data separates opioid-related poisoning or withdrawal from abuse or dependence.
News
‘Overwhelming evidence’ FDA’s opioid approval process is shoddy
The majority of approvals of opioids for the treatment of chronic pain during 1997-2018 were based on pivotal trials that lacked critical safety...
News
FDA orders stronger warnings on benzodiazepines
"While benzodiazepines are important therapies for many Americans, they are also commonly abused and misused," said Commissioner Stephen M. Hahn,...
Commentary
New acute pain guidelines from the ACP and AAFP have limitations
Pain can be multi-factorial and treating it requires a multi-pronged approach.
News
Reworked OxyContin fails to cut overall opioid abuse, FDA panel says
Some members noted that reformulated OxyContin coincided with increased transition to heroin but recognized the difficulty of proving causality....