Spinal cord stimulation (SCS) with a closed-loop system that uses recorded evoked compound action potentials (ECAPs) is superior to a fixed-output, open-loop system for patients with chronic back and leg pain.
For patients with chronic pain, medical cannabis use has a positive effect on maintaining sleep; however, cannabinoids do not appear to reduce cancer pain.
The FDA’s Anesthetic and Analgesic Drug Products Advisory Committee and Drug Safety and Risk Management Advisory Committee voted against (2 “yes”, 24 “no”) the approval of Aximris XR
Pain phenotypes can be used in the future to attempt prediction of response to treatment in patients with painful chronic pancreatitis and thus provides a framework for personalized pain management.
As a result of the vote, Nektar has decided to withdraw the New Drug Application for oxycodegol and to cease further development of the product.
A Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) target date of July 13, 2020 has been assigned to the application.
More than half of world’s population has poor, nonexistent access to palliative care
The use of acupuncture and/or acupressure is associated with reduced cancer pain and decreased use of analgesics.
Researchers assessed and compared the effectiveness of neurodynamic mobilization techniques with passive robotic physiologic movement for patients with hand osteoarthritis.
Researchers sought to evaluate the long-term effects of bariatric surgery on joint pain, physical function, and health-related quality of life.
