Migraine, Tension-Type Headaches Likely in Adolescents Exposed to Violence
Adolescents exposed to violence or terror attacks have an increased risk for daily and weekly migraine and tension-type headache following the event.
Adolescents exposed to violence or terror attacks have an increased risk for daily and weekly migraine and tension-type headache following the event.
ASRA released a formal position statement requesting that the DEA reschedule marijuana.
Patients with a history of abuse either in childhood or adulthood have been found to display higher levels of depression, anxiety, pain severity and catastrophizing, as well as reduced physical functioning; in addition, those patients have higher scores on the fibromyalgia survey used to measure “fibromyalgia-ness” than those without a history of abuse.
Several patients were noted to have taken the counterfeit drug in California.
Combination of a motivational interviewing and enhanced brochures successful in reducing behaviors associated with opioid overdose.
Preoperative opioid use is a better predictor for prolonged postoperative opioid use than pain, substance abuse, and affective disorder.
New research suggests that reducing length of treatment and hospitalization in infants diagnosed with drug withdrawal symptoms at birth can be made possible by standardizing hospital care policies across institutions.
Craving is known to be influenced by patient-specific variables such as sex, negative affect, and history of SUD,but few studies have examined the impact of day-to-day changes in pain intensity.
The ASA has announced the creation of its Ad Hoc Committee on Prescription Opioid Abuse to help address the country’s growing epidemic.
The F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine at the USU this week announced the addition of a new pain management program that incorporates joint pain education into its curriculum