Pain
Literature Review
The true measure of cluster headache
Patients ranked cluster headache pain higher than childbirth and kidney stones.
Literature Review
Researchers examine factors associated with opioid use among migraineurs
Despite ample evidence of opioids’ harmful effects when administered for migraine, about one-third of migraineurs report taking them.
Feature
Women increasingly turn to CBD, with or without doc’s blessing
Women of reproductive age are increasingly turning to cannabinoids to treat gynecologic and other conditions. A study shows they’re not waiting...
From the Journals
PCPs play a small part in low-value care spending
Study indicates waste was widely distributed among specialties.
From the Journals
Meta-analysis: No evidence that SNRIs relieve back pain
But antidepressants may provide relief for knee OA and sciatica.
Guidelines
Joint guidelines favor antibody testing for certain Lyme disease manifestations
The Infectious Disease Society of America, American Academy of Neurology, and the American College of Rheumatology teamed up for the first time to...
From the Journals
Sleep apnea found to impact pain severity in younger adults
More thorough pain intensity screening in young patients with OSA may be needed.
Conference Coverage
Diabetic neuropathic pain linked to brain bioenergic anomalies
Changes in mitochondrial activity in pain-processing areas of the brain may help explain why some persons with diabetes experience painful...
News from the FDA/CDC
FDA issues new NSAIDs warning for second half of pregnancy
The FDA action expands on earlier warnings about agents in this drug class, which the FDA previously cautioned about taking after week 30 of...
Conference Coverage
Music’s charms may soothe heart failure’s effects
Evidence builds that music, either heard or sung, exerts measurable benefits for heart failure and other cardiovascular diseases.
From the Journals
‘Overwhelming evidence’ FDA’s opioid approval process is shoddy
The majority of approvals of opioids for the treatment of chronic pain during 1997-2018 were based on pivotal trials that lacked critical safety...