Pain News

Monday, February 11, 2008 Chronic Pain Harms Brain's Wiring
Patients with chronic low back pain experience a constant firing of neurons in the front region of the cortex, which could cause permanent damage...

Tuesday, February 05, 2008 Cochrane Reviewers Find Little Evidence That Antidepressants Help Chronic Low Back Pain
A Cochrane Review found little evidence to support the common practice of prescribing antidepressants for patients with nonspecific chronic low back pain...

Thursday, January 31, 2008 Single Face-to-Face Patient Ed Session Helps Acute, But Not Chronic, Back Pain Patients Return to Work Sooner
A single 2.5 hour individual patient education session given by a trained healthcare specialist can hasten the return to work for patients with acute or subacute low back pain (LBP), but does not have a similar effect on chronic LBP...

Thursday, January 24, 2008 Characteristic Electron Microscopic Findings in the Skin of Patients With Fibromyalgia
The lower pain threshold of fibromyalgia patients may be caused by abnormal unmyelinated nerve fibers and associated Schwann cells...

Thursday, January 24, 2008 NSAIDs No Better for Low Back Pain
Acetaminophen has been found to provide comparable relief to nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) for low back pain...

Monday, January 14, 2008 Drug Approved. Is Disease Real?
As Pfizer markets Lyrica® (pregabalin), the first approved medicine to treat fibromyalgia, doctors debate the legitimacy of the pain syndrome...

Friday, January 11, 2008 Localized Strength Training Rx for Neck Pain
Strength training exercises focusing on the neck and shoulder muscles can help relieve chronic neck pain among female workers with trapezius myalgia...

Tuesday, January 08, 2008 FDA Warns of Severe Bone, Joint, Muscle Pain Linked to Bisphosphonates
FDA warning highlights "severe and sometimes incapacitating" musculoskeletal pain in patients taking bisphosphonates...

Tuesday, January 08, 2008 Pain Relief for Some, With an Odd Tradeoff
A new device implanted near the spine offers relief for some chronic pain sufferers...

Wednesday, December 19, 2007 Synovitis, Effusion, Bone Marrow Lesions Tagged As Modifiable Factors in Knee Pain
Knee pain fluctuation correlates with changes in several modifiable MRI features: synovitis, effusion, and bone marrow lesions...