Pain
Conference Coverage
Opioid management program reduced number of narcotics prescribed after breast surgery
Researchers examined 100 consecutive patients after a 3-month implementation period and found a statistically significant reduction in median...
Conference Coverage
Outpatient program successfully tackles substance use and chronic pain
MILWAUKEE – Pain and substance use issues are frequently comorbid in the military health population.
News from the FDA/CDC
CDC warns against misuse of opioid-prescribing guideline
Officials at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are advising against misapplication of the agency’s guideline on opioid prescribing....
Feature
Report calls for focus on ‘subpopulations’ to fight opioid epidemic
“Methadone, buprenorphine, and extended-release naltrexone ... save lives” but most people with OUD get no treatment, new report says.
Conference Coverage
Better communication with pharmacists can improve postop pain control
A pharmacist advises surgeons to make sure to adjust medications based on preoperative or intraoperative doses to avoid endangering patients by...
Conference Coverage
Bariatric surgery may be appropriate for class 1 obesity
From the Journals
Possible mortality risk seen with tramadol in osteoarthritis
Older patients taking tramadol for osteoarthritis had significantly higher mortality risk than did patients taking NSAIDs.
From the Journals
In California, opioids most often prescribed in low-income, mostly white areas
Opioid-related overdose deaths are highest in low-income white areas.
From the Journals
TAPs top epidurals in ventral hernia repair
Patients who had transversus abdominis plane blocks for pain control had shorter hospital stays and received fewer opioids, compared with those...
Daily News Podcast
Courts stop contraceptive mandate
Back pain persists in one in five patients.
Daily News Podcast
Think outside lower body for pelvic pain
The editor-in-chief of Blood has a few tips on how you can get your work published.