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 The pain management field is rapidly changing. Pain Treatment Topics associates continuously scan news media, medical journals, and other information resources for news and research of interest and importance to the field. Generally, items included in these Updates are selected on the basis of their relevance for everyday clinical practice in the management of pain and their support by scientific evidence.
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Pain Treatment News/Research Updates Issues...
March-May 2009; Issue 20
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Most Therapies for Low Back Pain Offer Little Pain Relief
Acupuncture – Real or Fake – Tops Usual Care for Back Pain
Elastic Lumbar Belt Eases Lower Back Pain
Guideline for Low Back Pain Interventions, Surgery, & Rehab
Arthritis Stems Activity in Adults With Heart Disease
Low-Dose Naltrexone Eases Pain, Fatigue of Fibromyalgia
Patients Hide Use of Complementary & Alternative Medicine
Tips for Preventing Methadone Analgesia Overdose
Trial Supports CR-Oxycodone for Herpes Zoster Pain
Briefly Noted...
> Opioids Favored for Pain in Elderly
> Topical NSAIDs for Osteoarthritis Reviewed
> Three Treatments for Knee Osteoarthritis Found Ineffective
> Vitamin D Reports in Recent Journals
> Fears Prevent Patients From Controlling RA Pain
> Adding Naloxone to Buprenorphine Fails to Deter Injection
Recent Drug or Device Approvals, Announcements, & Warnings
OTC pain relievers; Synvisc-One™ (sodium hyaluronate) injection; Avinza® (morphine sulfate); generic oxycodone; Ryzolt™ (tramadol ER); generic topiramate; antiepileptic drugs; botulinum toxin types A and B; Raptiva® (efalizumab).
Lower Back Pain May Have Mixed Origins
Routine Scans For Low Back Pain Don’t Improve Outcomes
Chronic Lower Back Pain Increasing, Survey Shows
Antidepressants for Fibromyalgia Analyzed
Flexible-Dose Pregabalin Effective For Postherpetic Neuralgia
Migraines, Tension Headaches Respond to Acupuncture
Guidelines For Chronic Opioids in Noncancer Pain Published
Briefly Noted...
> Study Challenges High Prevalence of Opioid-Tolerance
> Update on Nonmedical Use of Rx Opioid Analgesics
> FDA Requiring Drug Makers to Have Opioid Safety Plans
> Chronic Pancreatitis Pain Relieved by Antioxidants
> Fibromyalgia Impairs Memory; Do Opioids Help?
> Duloxetine for Osteoarthritis Knee Pain Studied
> Diclofenac Epolamine Patch Relieves Osteoarthritis Pain
> Survey on Complementary Medicine Use For Pain
Recent Drug or Device Approvals, Announcements, & Warnings
Generic analgesic recall, milnacipran HCl (Savella), tocilizumab (RoActemra), oxycodone/naloxone (Targin)
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