Tag: Pain
December 2017 Briefing – Pain Management
Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in Pain Management for December 2017. This roundup includes the...
Increase Seen in Gabapentinoid Use From 2002 to 2015
More than three-fold increase in percentage of adults using gabapentin and/or pregabalin
Gene Polymorphisms Linked to Risk of Chronic Post-Op Pain
Genetic variations, age, gender, history of chronic pain all associated with risk
No Link Between Pre-Op Cholesterol, Post-Op Pain
Findings based on patients undergoing laparoscopic surgery for gastric cancer
Gabapentin Doesn’t Cut Time to Pain Cessation After Surgery
But perioperative gabapentin is linked to increase in rate of opioid cessation after surgery
Evidence-Based Guidelines Cut Postoperative Opioid Use
Drop in opioids prescribed without increasing need for refills after laparoscopic cholecystectomy
November 2017 Briefing – Pain Management
Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in Pain Management for November 2017. This roundup includes the...
Poor Agreement for Practitioners in Defining Myofascial Pain
Registered massage therapists were most in agreement as a group versus chiropractors, doctors
Surgery of Limited Clinical Benefit for Subacromial Shoulder Pain
Surgical decompression offers no additional benefit over arthroscopy alone
Spinal Cord Stimulation May Reduce Neuropathic Pain
After 5 years, more than half of patients with painful diabetic polyneuropathy had treatment success
