Pain
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Light Therapy, Phototherapy, Photobiomodulation: New Ways to Heal With Light
New research is finding that different colors and wavelengths of light can treat conditions like chronic pain and vision loss.
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How Clinicians Can Help Patients Navigate Psychedelics/Microdosing
Responding to patient inquiries about microdosing can be complicated, and clinicians must provide counsel on issues of legality and therapeutic...
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Atogepant May Prevent Rebound Headache From Medication Overuse in Chronic Migraine
“Treatment with atogepant may potentially decrease the risk of developing rebound headache by reducing the use of pain medications.”
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Guidance on How Best to Manage Opioid Risks in Older Adults
Opioid overdose rates increased more in older adults in 2021-2022; older adults may be at higher risk biologically.
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Combat Exposure Increases Chronic Pain Among Women in the US Military
“The potential for higher rates of chronic pain in women veterans has been theorized to result from differences in support structures, family...
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Opioids Post T&A
From the Journals
A New Psychotherapeutic ‘Gold Standard’ for Chronic Pain?
The study is one of only a few to directly compare emotional awareness and expression therapy with cognitive-behavioral therapy.
Commentary
DEA Training Mandate: 8 Hours of My Life I’d Like Back
Dr. Walton-Shirley describes changes needed to renew DEA licenses so that others who prescribe very few narcotics do not have to spend so much...
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Chronotherapy: Why Timing Drugs to Our Body Clocks May Work
More research showed circadian medicine — timing drug-taking to one’s body clock — could reduce side effects and improve the effectiveness of a...
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Post–Mohs Surgery Opioid Prescribing More Common in Some Patient Groups
This report represents the largest analysis to date of opioid prescribing after dermatologic surgery, according to one of the authors.
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The DEA Plans to Reschedule Marijuana: What Happens Next?
Following 2023 FDA information that legitimized marijuana as a medical treatment, DEA moves to lower its scheduling.