Pain
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Chronic pain in the United States: New data
“This study identifies opportunities to improve guideline-concordant use of pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic therapies among adults with chronic...
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Can thermal biofeedback reduce pain and anxiety?
Device reduced anxiety scores by 22% in small study.
News from the FDA/CDC
FDA warns of hidden ingredients in arthritis, pain products
“I don’t know if this was intentional, but it seems suspicious that a product marketed to reduce joint pain and inflammation contains prescription...
From the Journals
CBT linked to reduced pain, less catastrophizing in fibromyalgia
Cognitive behavioral therapy improves pain interference, reduces catastrophizing, and alters pain-related brain circuitry in female patients with...
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Poor sleep and chronic pain prove pesky bedfellows
Two methods used by torturers – pain infliction and sleep deprivation – harm people in ways that also are experienced by many patients with pain...
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Diagnosing chronic back pain: When to suspect axial spondyloarthritis
Worldwide, the average time to diagnosis was found to be up to 6 years, but patient advocacy groups say the delay can be up to 10 years or more....
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Gout: Suboptimal management a continuing problem
Pipeline drugs show promise but undertreatment, poor adherence reduce efficacy of current therapies.
Commentary
A new and completely different pain medicine
Patients assigned to the highest dose of VX-548 had a statistically significant lower cumulative amount of pain in the 48 hours after surgery.
News
Functional MRI shows that empathetic remarks reduce pain
“These results prove that empathy and support can decrease pain intensity.”
From the Journals
Fibromyalgia linked to higher mortality risk
Fibromyalgia was linked to a 27% greater risk of death from all causes in a systematic review and meta-analysis of eight studies published from...
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New international guidelines on opioid deprescribing
The recommendations describe best practices for stopping opioid therapy and emphasize slow tapering and individualized deprescribing plans...