Panel Votes Against Hydrocodone Because Of Abuse Potential
11 Dec 2012
The majority of a Food and Drug Administration advisory panel voted against approval of an extended-release, single-ingredient capsule...
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Chronic Musculo-Skeletal Pain Travels With Chronic Daily Headache
29 Sep 2012
Chronic musculoskeletal complaints and chronic daily headache share a bidirectional causal relationship in which patients with either...
Topical Pain Relievers: FDA Issues Burn Warning
21 Sep 2012
Rare cases of chemical burns caused by over-the-counter topical muscle and joint pain relievers has prompted the Food and Drug...
Spinal Cord Stimulation an Option for Chronic Pain
22 Aug 2012
Sometimes the only relief for a patient who presents with chronic and recalcitrant pain comes from a course of spinal cord stimulation....
Pain Scales: What to Ponder When Making Your Pick
16 Aug 2012
Of the many scales at a clinician’s disposal to measure acute pain, the three most commonly used are the Numerical Rating Scale, the...
Metformin Eyed for Lumbar Radiculopathy Pain
24 Jul 2012
Metformin was associated with more modest reports of pain among patients with lumbar radiculopathy. In a retrospective case-control study...
Transcranial Neuro-stimulation Reduced Postop Pain, Opioid Use
11 May 2012
Noninvasive transcranial direct current stimulation of the pain-modulating areas of the cerebral cortex markedly reduced postoperative...