Home

Chronic Pain

Tailored Motor Skill Training Improves Outcomes in Chronic Low Back Pain

By

Lauren Biscaldi

Publish Date January 15, 2021

Exercise is recommended for chronic low back pain, but no specific exercise-based treatment has been found to be most effective.

Interventional Pain Management

Study Will Compare Postoperative Peripheral Nerve Stimulation vs Opioid Analgesia

By

Lauren Biscaldi

Publish Date January 15, 2021

Investigators are seeking to determine the feasibility of percutaneous nerve stimulation to reduce postoperative opioid consumption.

Migraine & Headache

Galcanezumab May Improve Quality of Life in Episodic and Chronic Migraine

By

Brandon May

Publish Date January 15, 2021

Study researchers found that function in daily life improved as migraine headache days reduced, and that migraine patients treated with galcanezumab had improved quality of life.

Opioid Addiction

Few Ob-Gyns Can Prescribe Buprenorphine for Opioid Use

Publish Date January 15, 2021

Fewer than 2% of obstetrician-gynecologists who accept Medicaid are able to prescribe buprenorphine.

Chronic Pain

Study Focuses on Sensory, Psychological, and Motor Factors in Low Back Pain

By

Jessica Nye, PhD

Publish Date January 14, 2021

More research is needed to determine the longitudinal consequences of maladaptive traits coupled with LBP.

Chronic Pain

Psychosocial Factors Are Key to Chronic Pain and Opioid Outcomes

By

Jessica Nye, PhD

Publish Date January 14, 2021

Transdiagnostic factors help in understanding the complex relationship between chronic pain and opioid misuse.

Acute Pain

Injectable NSAID Recalled Due to Particulate Matter Found in Vials

By

Brian Park, PharmD

Publish Date January 14, 2021

Fresenius Kabi announced the voluntary recall of a single lot of Ketorolac Tromethamine Injection, USP, 30mg/mL, 1 mL fill in a 2 mL amber vial.

Opioid Addiction

Autism May Raise Risk for Substance Use Disorder

Publish Date January 14, 2021

Individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) have an increased risk for substance use disorder.

Opioid Addiction

Impaired Reward System in Childhood Linked With Young Adult Opioid Use

By

Lauren Biscaldi

Publish Date January 12, 2021

A prospective longitudinal cohort study examined the prevalence of nonheroin opioid use and childhood risk factors associated with later opioid use.

Neuropathic Pain

Demyelinating Plaques: A Cause of Trigeminal Neuralgia Secondary to MS

By

Brandon May

Publish Date January 12, 2021

Study researchers investigated whether neurovascular contact with morphological changes influences the etiology of trigeminal neuralgia secondary to MS.