Sally Satel, Contributor April 25, 2019 at 7:37 AM Patients with chronic pain who need opioid treatment as a life-line have seen some very exciting developments within the span of just two weeks. Quick backstory: Starting in 2016, many patients who were benefitting from opioids for the treatment of intractable pain were being told by…
Category: September 2019
Pain Specialists Pile on CDC Opioid Guidelines
Meeting Coverage – Pain Week —Chronic pain patients were left out to dry by Elizabeth Hlavinka, Staff Writer, MedPage Today September 05, 2019 LAS VEGAS — The 2016 CDC guidelines on opioid prescribing have had lasting consequences for patients with chronic pain, an expert said here. In the 3 years since the guidelines were published,…
A new study considers methadone to be most appropriate non-addictive opioid drug to treat chronic pain
The experts Vicent Casadó, Estefanía Moreno and Verònica Casadó-Anguera, from the Molecular Neurobiology Research Group of the Faculty of Biology, the IBUB and the CIBERNED. The new study describes the molecular action mechanism in cell and animal models brought by the therapeutical benefits of methadone. Administrating methadone instead of morphine is he most indicated pharmacological…
Who is really behind a proposed new definition of pain?
SEPTEMBER 5, 2019 STAT By DAWN RAE DOWNTON SEPTEMBER 5, 2019 A new definition of pain is out for comment from the International Association for the Study of Pain, an influential global alliance of researchers. When I heard about it, my hair stood on end. Some people think a new definition could lead to new…
Pain Specialists Pile on CDC Opioid Guidelines
MedPageToday.com -Chronic pain patients were left out to dry by: Elizabeth Hlavinka, Staff Writer, MedPage Today September 05, 2019 LAS VEGAS — The 2016 CDC guidelines on opioid prescribing have had lasting consequences for patients with chronic pain, an expert said here. In the 3 years since the guidelines were published, at least 33 states…
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