More articles about: Pain management
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What to do when pain lingers
Experts at Michigan Medicine are focusing on helping people with chronic pain, which is defined as pain that lasts more than three months.
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Fibromyalgia may worsen opioid addiction
Fibromyalgia may worsen opioid addiction, researchers at Michigan Medicine find. The chronic pain associated with the condition may lead to the increased use of opioids by individuals.
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Researchers uncover new cell types involved in osteoarthritis
And the development of a new slow-release drug seeks to target them
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Nearly 1/3 of people with chronic pain turn to cannabis
More than half of adults surveyed reported that the use of cannabis led them to decrease their pain medications.
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An initiative addressing health disparities in rates of poorly controlled pain
Despite equal access to pain management care, Black patients were 40% more likely than white patients to report uncontrolled pain scores. New pilot programs aim to change that.
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Nonopioid pain prescriptions increased after 2016 CDC guideline, study finds
Researchers say the findings suggest more clinicians are carefully considering the risks of prescribing opioids.
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A pharmacy role targeting pain management
Getting to know a pain management clinical pharmacist-specialist.
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Use of opioids before surgery predicts consumption of opioids after surgery
Study points to the need to personalize pain-relief approach.
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New risk prediction model for opioid misuse after surgery surpasses accuracy of previous models
Models could help identify patients who may benefit most from counseling.
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Opioid Lawsuit Payout Plans Overlook a Vital Need
Caring for patients with acute and chronic pain
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From the ICU to Ironwoman
A bowel obstruction landed Laurie Svoboda in the intensive care unit. Here are the eight things that helped her compete in an Ironman race less than four months later.
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Low levels of electrical current can block pain
The method could be an alternative to opioids and other medication.
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Symptoms, like pain and fatigue, often cluster in newly diagnosed MS
Anxiety, depression, pain and fatigue often happen at the same time for patients newly diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS).
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First-time opioid prescriptions got shorter, less potent after CDC guidelines
Doctors prescribed smaller and shorter courses of opioid pain medications like Oxycontin, Oxycodone, Vicodin after the 2016 CDC opioid prescribing guidelines.
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A risky combination of medicines gets riskier when a patient’s prescriptions come from two doctors
Multiple prescribers means higher overdose risk in patients taking a benzodiazepine (such as Xanax, Valium or Restoril) and an opioid (such as Vicodin, Norco or Percocet) at the same time
