Pain Management
Mar 09, 2020
Data indicate that nearly 400,000 lumbar punctures (LPs) are performed annually for either diagnostic workup or therapeutic relief in the United States. Regular referral to radiology for assistance ...
Feb 26, 2020
While the frequency of short-term side effects of opioids are well-known, the long-term risks of opioid use are inadequately quantified. For a study published in Annals of Emergency Medicine, my colle...
Feb 24, 2020
Although data indicate that vestibular migraine (VM) is the most common neurologic cause of vertigo in adults, no FDA-approved agents exist for its treatment. With few studies having pursued rescue tr...
Feb 11, 2020
TUESDAY, Feb. 11, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Racial differences in pain may be rooted in life experience, rather than intrinsic biology, according to a study published online Feb. 3 in Nature Human Beha...
Feb 04, 2020
Drug- and alcohol-poisoning deaths remain current public health problems. Studies to date have typically focused on individual-level predictors of drug overdose deaths, and there remains a limited und...
Feb 04, 2020
To examine the prevalence and correlates of college student use of illicit substances including cocaine, designer drugs, and nonmedical use of prescription stimulants and opioids, and to identify how ...
Feb 04, 2020
Background and aims This prospective study aimed to assess pressure pain thresholds (PPTs) by pressure algometry and the correlation to postoperative pain in children undergoing orthopaedic surgery. W...
Feb 04, 2020
Mitragyna speciosa (Kratom) has emerged as a recreational drug and a substance of medicinal intrigue. Although the drug was initially used recreationally for its sedating and euphoric effects, more re...
Feb 03, 2020
MONDAY, Feb. 3, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- An enhanced recovery after surgery program complemented by a preemptive pain management program is associated with a decrease in opioid prescriptions at discha...
Jan 31, 2020
Treating neuropathic pain is challenging and novel non-opioid based medicines are needed. Using unbiased receptomics, transcriptomic analyses, immunofluorescence and in situ hybridization, we found th...
Jan 31, 2020
In 2017, a total of 70,237 persons in the United States died from a drug overdose, and 67.8% of these deaths involved an opioid. Historically, the opioid overdose epidemic in the United States has bee...
Jan 31, 2020
Opioid analgesia remains the mainstay of postoperative pain management strategies despite being associated with many adverse effects. A specific opioid-free protocol was designed to limit opioid usage...
Jan 31, 2020
The suicide rate in the United States has been increasing steadily over the previous 10 years. In DC, these results are not mirrored. The suicide rate has a tendency to be lower than the rest of the c...
Jan 31, 2020
Compliance with sublingual buprenorphine/naloxone (SL-BUP/NX) is associated with higher abstinence from illicit opioid use. Therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) has been recommended for adherence monitor...
Jan 30, 2020
To investigate prognostic factors for physical and emotional functioning following interdisciplinary multimodal pain rehabilitation, by targeting patients' baseline characteristics and health measures...
Jan 30, 2020
Chlamydia trachomatis (C trachomatis) is one of the most frequent sexually transmitted infections and a source of deleterious effects on the reproductive health of men and women. Because this infectio...
Jan 30, 2020
Burns, whether caused by thermal, chemical, or electrical exposure, are common and often preventable. Burn injuries are most common in children. All patients with burns should undergo primary and seco...
Jan 30, 2020
The prognostic significance of hyperlactatemia in young children with liver injury suspected to be attributed to repeated supratherapeutic doses of acetaminophen remain understudied.We conducted a ret...
Jan 30, 2020
Buprenorphine is a Schedule III opioid analgesic with unique pharmacodynamic and pharmacokinetic properties that may be preferable to those of Schedule II full μ-opioid receptor agonists. The structu...
Jan 30, 2020
Methionine enkephalin (MENK), an endogenous opioid peptide, has a role in nervous system, immune system, and anticancer therapy. Inflammation, metabolism and cancer are closely intertwined with each o...