Pain Management News

• Dopamine D1 Agonists May Aid Patients With Late-Stage Parkinson's The study covered in this summary was published on MedRxiv.org as a preprint and has not yet been peer reviewed.
  First Look, May 18, 2022
• Long COVID Symptoms Are Often Overlooked in Seniors Millions of older adults are grappling with long COVID, yet the impact on them has received little attention. Research suggests seniors are more likely to develop the poorly understood condition.
  Kaiser Health News, May 18, 2022
• Doctor Accused of 'Fraudulent Concealment' Can't Be Held Liable Claim against hospital is halted as well.
  Medscape Business of Medicine, May 18, 2022
• Poisoned at Work: A Detective Story for Nephrologists A patient with kidney disease of unknown origin had mostly unremarkable findings. It was only when he mentioned having noticed white powder on his lunch that a diagnosis became clearer.
  Medscape Medical News, May 17, 2022
• AACE 2022 Spinal Cord Stimulation Durable for Painful Diabetic Neuropathy Randomized controlled trial shows durable relief of refractory painful diabetic neuropathy symptoms with the spinal cord stimulation device out to 18 months.
  Medscape Medical News, May 17, 2022
• Cancer Patients Unaware of Their Increased Thrombosis Risk Greater knowledge about the risk is needed among healthcare practitioners and patients, particularly regarding primary and secondary prevention of thrombosis, according to researchers.
  Medscape Medical News, May 16, 2022
• ACMS 2022 Bupivacaine Following Mohs Surgery Reduces Opioid Use Patients report lower pain and opioid use with a single injection of the local anesthetic compared with placebo.
  Medscape Medical News, May 16, 2022
• Idaho Announces $119 Million Opioid Crisis Settlement Republican Gov. Brad Little and Republican Attorney General Lawrence Wasden said it's the second-largest consumer settlement in state history.
  Associated Press, May 13, 2022
• Using Anti-Inflammatory Drugs May Prolong Back Pain Steroids and anti-inflammatory drugs like ibuprofen offer relief from acute pain but may actually increase a person's chances of developing chronic pain.
  WebMD Health News, May 13, 2022
• Colombia Court Approves Medically Assisted Suicide Colombia's constitutional court backed medically assisted suicide in a decision late on Wednesday, which advocates said makes it the first Latin American country to back death by suicide for those suffering serious or incurable illnesses.
  Reuters Health Information, May 12, 2022
• US Drug Overdose Deaths Top 100,000 for the First Time The CDC said there were an estimated 107,622 drug overdose deaths in 2021, a 15% increase over the previous record of 93,655 set in 2020.
  WebMD Health News, May 13, 2022
• Consider Cancer as a Trigger for Deep Vein Thrombosis Examination of a woman with paranoid schizophrenia and deep vein thrombosis revealed chondrosarcoma of the tibia.
  Medscape Medical News, May 12, 2022
• Stimulants Plus Buprenorphine for OUD a Double-Edge Sword? Stimulants may lead to better engagement in buprenorphine treatment at the cost of a modest increase in drug overdose risk in patients with opioid addiction.
  Medscape Medical News, May 12, 2022
• AGS 2022 Red Flag Raised for Post-Op Muscle Relaxants in Older Adults Muscle relaxants are considered dangerous for the elderly and appropriate only for short-term use, but a study found that 13% of older patients prescribed the drugs for surgical pain were taking them 3 months later.
  Medscape Medical News, May 12, 2022
• Mixing BP Meds With NSAID May Be 'Triple Whammy' for Kidneys Combining a diuretic and renin-angiotensin system inhibitor with an NSAID like ibu-profen might raise the risk for kidney injury, a new analysis confirms, pointing to factors that might predict risk.
  Medscape Medical News, May 12, 2022
• Cannabinoids in Medicine: Limitless Hope or Hype? A large meta-analysis provides moderate evidence for the use of cannabis in the treatment of chronic pain and spasms. Other data indicate a link between cannabis use and risk for psychotic disorder.
  Medscape Medical News, May 12, 2022
• CARRA 2022 Prior Authorizations Delay TNF Inhibitors for Children With JIA Many patients newly diagnosed with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) at one academic center over a year had delays in care due to unnecessary prior authorization denials.
  Medscape Medical News, May 11, 2022
• Relugolix Combo Eases Long-Neglected Fibroid Symptom: Pain Combination therapy with relugolix (Orgovyx, Relumina), a gonadotropin-releasing hormone antagonist, significantly reduced the pain of uterine fibroids in a new study.
  Medscape Medical News, May 11, 2022
• ACOG 2022 Study: Uterine Polyp Removal in Office Possible via Ultrasound Procedure could be a 'clever' way to address endometrial polyps in the office setting, a new study found.
  Medscape Medical News, May 11, 2022
• ED Visits, Readmissions Common After CAR T Therapy Toxicities associated with CAR T-cell therapy typically emerge in the first month after treatment, a new analysis suggests.
  Medscape Medical News, May 11, 2022