Tag: Pain

Opioid prescriptions in the emergency department linked to small increases in hospital admission and subsequent opioid prescription use

45 percent decline reported in anesthesia-based applicants to pain medicine fellowships, with downward trend continuing in 2024

Symbravo can rapidly eliminate migraine pain within two hours, with efficacy sustained through 24 and 48 hours, across migraine pain severity

Authors note that smallest babies who were most exposed to pain may be undertreated

Recommendations based on risks associated with different settings and consider individual patient characteristics

Patients who are younger, less educated, with a lower Charlson Comorbidity Index score less likely to report flares

Findings seen in older adults with diabetic neuropathy, postherpetic neuralgia, or fibromyalgia

Those with interstitial cystitis show worse symptom severity, bladder function

Patients undergoing maintenance hemodialysis, experiencing chronic pain had larger reduction in BPI Interference score

Risks increased for peptic ulcer bleeding, uncomplicated peptic ulcer, lower GI bleeding, heart failure, HTN, CKD