Acute Pain Yields to Lower-Dose Diclofenac
(MedPage Today) -- FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - Lower-dose submicron particle diclofenac offered good pain control compared with placebo, researchers reported here. (Source: MedPage Today Pain Management)
Source: MedPage Today Pain Management - April 15, 2013 Category: Anesthesiology Source Type: news
BMI Doesn't Seem to Dull Efficacy of Opioid Patch
(MedPage Today) -- FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- The pain-relieving effect of the buprenorphine transdermal medication system didn't seem to be altered by a patient's body mass index (BMI), researchers said here. (Source: MedPage Today Pain Management)
Source: MedPage Today Pain Management - April 14, 2013 Category: Anesthesiology Source Type: news
MRI for Low Back Problems Deemed 'Overused' (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- More than half of outpatient lumbar spine MRI scans weren't appropriate, with a particularly poor record of ordering by family physicians, researchers found. (Source: MedPage Today Pain Management)
Source: MedPage Today Pain Management - March 26, 2013 Category: Anesthesiology Source Type: news
AAN: Head to Heart Risk Seen for Women (CME/CE)
SAN DIEGO (MedPage Today) -- Women who have migraine with aura appear to have an increased risk of cardiovascular disease, researchers reported here. (Source: MedPage Today Pain Management)
Source: MedPage Today Pain Management - March 22, 2013 Category: Anesthesiology Source Type: news
Hormone Tracks Pain Response in Migraines
(MedPage Today) -- Levels of the hormone adiponectin predicted pain levels and treatment response in migraine sufferers, researchers found. (Source: MedPage Today Pain Management)
Source: MedPage Today Pain Management - March 20, 2013 Category: Anesthesiology Source Type: news
Brain Stent Eases Tinnitus, Helps Vision (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- An endovascular stent placed in the transverse sinus significantly reduced the pressure gradient of pseudotumor cerebri (PTC), improving tinnitus as well as visual function, a small, single-center study showed. (Source: MedPage Today Pain Management)
Source: MedPage Today Pain Management - March 18, 2013 Category: Anesthesiology Source Type: news
FDA Warns About Codeine Following Tonsillectomy
(MedPage Today) -- Products that contain codeine should not be used for pain relief in children following tonsillectomy or adenoidectomy because of a possible risk of serious adverse events or death, the FDA said Wednesday. (Source: MedPage Today Pain Management)
Source: MedPage Today Pain Management - February 20, 2013 Category: Anesthesiology Source Type: news
Plan to Restrict Vicodin Rouses Readers
(MedPage Today) -- Restricting pain medication is one of those hot button items that can make people apoplectic, which was reflected in the comments to last week's MedPage Today survey. (Source: MedPage Today Pain Management)
Source: MedPage Today Pain Management - February 3, 2013 Category: Anesthesiology Source Type: news
Spine Surgery Safety Not Seasonal (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- The storied "July effect” that new residents and fellows have on patient outcomes in teaching hospitals is negligible in spinal surgery patients, researchers found. (Source: MedPage Today Pain Management)
Source: MedPage Today Pain Management - February 1, 2013 Category: Anesthesiology Source Type: news
Migraine: Placebo Response Stymies Treatment in Kids (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- Pharmacologic therapy of migraine headache in children remains a major clinical challenge, with high placebo response rates impeding efforts to assess efficacy, according to two new reports. (Source: MedPage Today Pain Management)
Source: MedPage Today Pain Management - January 30, 2013 Category: Anesthesiology Source Type: news
Migraine: Placebo Eases Pain in Kids (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- Pharmacologic therapy of migraine headache in children remains a major clinical challenge, with high placebo response rates impeding efforts to assess efficacy, according to two new reports. (Source: MedPage Today Pain Management)
Source: MedPage Today Pain Management - January 29, 2013 Category: Anesthesiology Source Type: news
Acetaminophen Can Ease Infant's Surgical Pain (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- When very young babies have major surgery, intravenous acetaminophen can reduce the need for morphine, researchers reported. (Source: MedPage Today Pain Management)
Source: MedPage Today Pain Management - January 8, 2013 Category: Anesthesiology Source Type: news
Vitamin D No Help for Arthritic Knees (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- Vitamin D supplements had no impact on pain or progression of knee osteoarthritis, researchers reported. (Source: MedPage Today Pain Management)
Source: MedPage Today Pain Management - January 8, 2013 Category: Anesthesiology Source Type: news
