More Pills, Less Relief for Smartphone Users With Headache Effects may increase with heavier smartphone use Mar 04, 2020
Cannabis Satisfaction High Despite Little Change in Pain Scores Better sleep may be driving satisfaction in chronic pain patients, study suggests Mar 03, 2020
Hypogonadism Linked to Higher Long-Term Opioid Doses Chronic opioid use may produce a dose-response relationship Mar 03, 2020
Can Physicians Spot Prescription Drug Misuse? Study highlights struggles prescribers face with opioids, gabapentin Mar 01, 2020
'Uber' of Pharmacy: Disrupting the Market, or Patient Care? Capsule promises delivery in New York City within 2 hours, but some patients' experience less than stellar Feb 27, 2020
From Fraud to Ghana Presidency? Another Sports Doc Abuse Scandal Bad Practice: A weekly roundup of clinicians accused, convicted, or under investigation Feb 21, 2020
Severity of Kids' Opioid Poisoning on the Rise Teens turning to opioids to attempt suicide, national data indicates Feb 17, 2020
Postmenopausal Low Back Pain: Is Lack of Vitamin D the Problem? Finding "speaks to the importance of avoiding severe vitamin D deficiency states" Feb 12, 2020
Most Drugs Don't Work for Pediatric Migraine Prevention But a few medications may work for some children, network meta-analysis suggests Feb 10, 2020
Study: Short Hospital Stays OK After Cardiac Surgery 3 days or less "very safe," one center reports Jan 28, 2020
Should Addicts Get Repeat Valve Surgeries for Endocarditis? MAT should be part of the equation in patients with opioid addiction, STS debaters agree Jan 26, 2020
Scripts for Dead Patients; School Nurse Charged; Life Sentence for 'Angel of Death' Bad Practice: A weekly roundup of clinicians accused, convicted, or under investigation Jan 24, 2020
Plavix Efficacy Blunted With Opioid in the Picture More ischemic events seen with drug combo for heart attacks managed invasively Jan 20, 2020
FDA Warns of Breathing Problems With Gabapentinoids Updated labeling for gabapentin, pregabalin, and new trials required Dec 19, 2019
FDA Warns Alkermes on Vivitrol Ads Campaign omits important risk information, agency says Dec 12, 2019
More Evidence That Aspirin Can Stave Off Death PLCO follow-up data support protective effect Dec 04, 2019
Chronic Opioids and Sleep: What Prescribers Need to Know "There are a lot of issues with sleep going unnoticed" Nov 22, 2019
ACR: Treat-to-Target Endorsed for Gout Differs from ACP guideline for primary care: "they're wrong" Nov 15, 2019
ACR: Draft OA Guidelines Stress Non-Drug Tx, Leave Opioid Door Open But group comes down hard on stem cells, PRP, electrical therapy; downgrades hyaluronic acid shots Nov 14, 2019
Knockout: In Boxing, Brain Damage Is the Goal Why do we applaud a sport dedicated to hurting people? Nov 14, 2019
Kratom-Linked Hepatotoxicity on the Rise in the U.S. Clinicians should be aware that the herbal supplement can cause liver injury, researcher says Nov 10, 2019
Finally, a Cure for the Common Cold... and Back Pain! The antidote to your Press-Ganey blues Oct 17, 2019
Pop Star Sia Opens Up About Her Chronic Pain Hitmaker diagnosed with connective tissue disorder Oct 10, 2019
A Rescue Therapy for Vestibular Migraine? Vertigo, headache improve with vagus nerve stimulation Sep 25, 2019
Short-Duration Opioid Protocol Feasible for Tonsillectomy No evidence of abuse or dependence at 1 year in study of military personnel Sep 17, 2019
Medical Marijuana Overdose Sends Man to ER Case report highlights risks of high-strength THC products in patients' hands Sep 12, 2019
Four Nurse Practitioners Accused in Calif. Death Certificate Project One surrendered license; another accused of coming to work "wobbly," "drugged," and "under the influence" Sep 11, 2019
Can Cannabis Replace Opioids for Pain Tx? Pharmacists debate the mixed science behind emerging therapy Sep 07, 2019
Ajovy Effective for Tough-to-Treat Migraine Fremanezumab reduces migraine days among treatment-refractory patients Sep 07, 2019
No ‘Silver Bullet’ in Stopping Opioid Epidemic Anti-opioid attitudes have become 'weaponized,' expert says Sep 05, 2019
Pain Specialists Pile on CDC Opioid Guidelines Chronic pain patients were left out to dry Sep 05, 2019
Death Certificate Project Accuses 64 Calif. Doctors Five surrender licenses after claims of grossly negligent overprescribing; more to come Sep 03, 2019
Opioids Overused in Acute Gout May contribute to opioid crisis -- and other effective therapies are available Jul 03, 2019
American Pain Society Goes Belly Up Opioid lawsuit costs prompt membership to approve bankruptcy filing Jun 28, 2019
Gabapentinoids Tied to Suicidal Behavior and Unintentional Overdose New patterns emerge, especially for young people Jun 14, 2019
Low-Dose Steroid Reduces Hand Pain in Osteoarthritis Finger pain relieved at 6 weeks with prednisolone therapy Jun 12, 2019
Physician-Assisted Suicide Once Again Divides AMA Members Some expressed a clear desire to decide a policy and move on Jun 11, 2019