Pain
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Opioid use common for pain in multiple sclerosis
“Better pain management treatment options, including nonpharmacological options, are needed for people with MS and pain.”
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Opioids prescribed for diabetic neuropathy pain, against advice
Inappropriate first-line opioid use was found in more than 40% of patients, dropping over time but without a concurrent rise in use of recommended...
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Peripheral neuropathy tied to mortality in adults without diabetes
The condition is underrecognized and associated with poor outcomes, findings of a new study suggest.
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Joint guidelines favor antibody testing for certain Lyme disease manifestations
The Infectious Disease Society of America, American Academy of Neurology, and the American College of Rheumatology teamed up for the first time to...
Outcomes Research in Review
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Plus Placebo Is Inferior to NSAID Therapy for Arthritis Pain
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Sleep apnea found to impact pain severity in younger adults
More thorough pain intensity screening in young patients with OSA may be needed.
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Diabetic neuropathic pain linked to brain bioenergic anomalies
Changes in mitochondrial activity in pain-processing areas of the brain may help explain why some persons with diabetes experience painful...
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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...
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Children’s opioid harms vary by race, location
Analysis of North Carolina Medicaid data separates opioid-related poisoning or withdrawal from abuse or dependence.
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‘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...