Pain News

Wednesday, April 01, 2009 Analgesic Overdose Causes 21% of Deaths After Lumbar Fusions
Patients who had lumbar fusions for back pain were at greater risk of death in later years than those treated nonsurgically. The risk was particularly high in those who received instrumentation or intervertebral cage devices, and more than 1 in 5 deaths were due to analgesic overdose...

Monday, March 16, 2009 Chondrolysis Seen With Local Anesthetic After Shoulder Surgery
Local anesthetic infused into the shoulder joint after arthroscopy can destroy shoulder cartilage...

Friday, February 20, 2009 Pain Doctors Aim to Cut Opioid Abuse, Side Effects
A new guideline issued by the American Pain Society (APS) and the American Academy of Pain Medicine (AAPM) aims to reduce opioid abuse, addiction, and diversion, and to minimize side effects among patients taking opioids for with chronic non-cancer pain...

Tuesday, February 17, 2009 Exercise Rx’s for Neck, Back Pain Underused
Less than 50% of chronic back and neck pain patients receive exercise prescriptions despite the proven effectiveness of exercise in treating such pain...

Monday, February 09, 2009 Scans for Back Pain Ineffective
Imaging scans are largely ineffective at locating the source of low back pain, and may do more harm than good…

Thursday, February 05, 2009 Low Back Pain Seldom Needs Surgery
Patients with discogenic low back pain can be advised to get out of bed, get some exercise, and assume that they will not need surgery...

Tuesday, February 03, 2009 Lilly to Pursue OA Pain Indication for Cymbalta
Will OA join depression and fibromyalgia as Cymbalta indications?...

Friday, January 23, 2009 Shoulder Pain Imaging: Arthrography Not Always Needed
Arthrography adds important information to 3-T conventional MRI only in a subset of shoulder pain cases...

Tuesday, January 20, 2009 Tricyclic Antidepressants Best for Fibromylagia
Some antidepressants can dramatically improve fibromyalgia symptoms...

Friday, January 16, 2009 FDA Backs Savella for Fibromyalgia
FDA has approved Cypress Bioscience's Savella for fibromyalgia pain, function, and well-being...