Pain
PURLs
Less Is More When It Comes to Ketorolac for Pain
It’s time to review our dosing with ketorolac for acute pain management.
News from the FDA/CDC
Stewart Tepper: Emgality approval ‘very exciting’
The treatment binds to calcitonin gene-related peptide and is the first therapy to reduce the frequency of episodic cluster headache attacks.
Conference Coverage
Slow breathing: An effective, pragmatic analgesic technique?
MILWAUKEE – The significant pain reductions with this technique came as a surprise to researchers.
Conference Coverage
Methotrexate significantly reduced knee OA pain
TORONTO – “I think there is a signal in this study.” – Dr. Philip G. Conaghan
CE/CME
Click for Credit: Biomarkers for VTE risk; Exercise & concussion recovery; more
Topics include: No 1 tx for fibromyalgia • Mood & behavior in kids • Biomarkers for VTE risk • Exercise & concussion recovery • Survival...
News
Questions remain as marijuana enters clinic use
SAN FRANCISCO – It’s best to ask people what they’re using, and to counsel new users – especially the elderly – to start low and go slow, Dr....
Conference Coverage
Pain, fatigue, depression, and anxiety are common in the year after MS diagnosis
SEATTLE – In a novel study, about half of patients with multiple sclerosis reported clinically significant symptoms of depression or pain, and...
News
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.
Conference Coverage
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.
Conference Coverage
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...