Pain Management News

• White House Vows an Improved Effort Against Drug Overdoses President Joe Biden's administration pledged an improved effort to combat drug overdoses that claimed the lives of about 100,000 Americans last year, using a White House summit to tout a multifaceted approach to tackle the crisis.
  Reuters Health Information, June 06, 2023
• Should Antibiotic Treatment Be Used Toward the End of Life? Although infection is common near the end of life, the use of antibiotics in this patient population remains controversial.
  Medscape Medical News, June 07, 2023
• FDA Approves Hyaluronic Acid Filler for Under-Eye Hollows In the phase 3 study that was the basis of approval, 87% of those treated showed improvement in under-eye hollows at 3 months.
  Medscape Medical News, June 06, 2023
• Nitroglycerin Patches Do Not Improve Menopause Symptoms A promising nonhormonal therapy failed to improve the frequency and severity of hot flashes in a new study.
  Medscape Medical News, June 06, 2023
• When Could You Be Sued for AI Malpractice? You're Likely Using It Now You might not realize all the ways you use AI during your daily practice. Learn the legal dangers you face when using the technology and the emerging risks doctors may confront.
  Medscape Medical News, June 06, 2023
• EULAR 2023 Early AxSpA Diagnosis Stable in Most Referred Patients Patients who are diagnosed with axial spondyloarthritis after referral to a rheumatologist for chronic back pain most often keep that diagnosis, providing good reason to refer patients early.
  Medscape Medical News, June 05, 2023
• CMSC 2023 Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Program Benefits MS Previous research has found that life stressors are linked to clinical MS flares.
  MDedge News, June 05, 2023
• ASCO 2023 Omitting Radiation in Rectal Cancer: 'Less Is More' Many patients with locally advanced rectal cancer can skip radiotherapy to the pelvic area, and instead be treated with chemotherapy and then surgery, suggest the results from the PROSPECT trial.
  Medscape Medical News, June 04, 2023
• MDs With Chronic Illness Live in a Different Medical World Physicians with chronic illnesses face unique professional challenges, including resistance from other physicians when they seek treatment. But they also have a much richer understanding of their own patients.
  Medscape Medical News, June 02, 2023
• Novel Intervention Helps Pain Patients Discontinue Opioids A novel intervention that blends individualized care, mindfulness, and a tapering plan is more successful than usual care in helping patients discontinue opioids for chronic pain, new research shows.
  Medscape Medical News, June 02, 2023
• ASCO 2023 Ribociclib Forestalls Recurrence Also in Early Breast Cancer The combination, known to be effective in metastatic disease, has now also been shown to reduce recurrence in earlier-stage disease when used in combination with endocrine therapy.
  Medscape Medical News, June 02, 2023
• Alert FDA Approves Pfizer RSV Vaccine for Older Adults Clinicians will soon have a choice of two vaccines for respiratory syncytial virus in this population.
  Medscape Medical News, June 01, 2023
• Alert Olaparib Gains BRCA-Mutated Prostate Cancer Indication The new indication adds to the PARP inhibitor's previous approvals for HRR-mutated metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer as well as for ovarian, breast, and pancreatic cancer indications.
  Medscape Medical News, June 01, 2023
• Ketamine a Viable Alternative to ECT for Severe Depression? ECT is the gold standard for treatment-resistant depression, but a new head-to-head trial suggests ketamine is at least as effective, and with fewer side effects.
  Medscape Medical News, June 01, 2023
• Purdue Pharma Can Protect Owners in Opioid Bankruptcy OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma can shield its owners from opioid lawsuits in exchange for a $6 billion contribution to the company's broader bankruptcy settlement, a court ruled.
  Reuters Health Information, May 30, 2023
• US Sanctions on Chinese, Mexican Entities in Fentanyl Action The United States on Tuesday imposed sanctions on 17 people and entities based in China and Mexico who it accused of enabling production of counterfeit fentanyl-laced pills.
  Reuters Health Information, May 30, 2023
• DDW 2023 Aspirin Use Tied to Lower Risk for Early Colorectal Cancer The study confirms evidence from 30 years of research that suggests regular aspirin use reduces cancer risk.
  MDedge News, June 01, 2023
• EULAR 2023 Two Biologics Show No Difference in Axial Spondyloarthritis This study represents the first head-to-head trial comparing the effects of two biologics in axial spondyloarthritis, in this case in patients at high risk for radiographic progression.
  Medscape Medical News, June 01, 2023
• EAS 2023 Steep LDL Cholesterol Reductions With ANGPTL3 siRNA in HoFH A single injection every 3 months of a novel drug that targets the lipid metabolism enzyme ANGPTL3 resulted in substantial reductions in LDL cholesterol in patients with HoFH in the phase 2 GATEWAY trial.
  Medscape Medical News, June 01, 2023
• Positive Results for Cannabis-Based Med for Nerve Pain Zelira Therapeutics' cannabinoid-based drug may be a safe, effective, and well-tolerated alternative to pregabalin for diabetic neuropathy, the company said.
  Medscape Medical News, May 31, 2023