Pain Management News

• Contrast Shortage: Déjà vu All Over Again Reminiscent of the early days of COVID-19 pandemic, a shortage of iohexol is affecting imaging practices as well as anesthesiology.
  Medscape Medical News, June 10, 2022
• Physician Incomes Rebounding From Pandemic: Survey Steady savings and solid wealth-building are also keeping physicians in the black during challenging times, according to a new survey of US physicians.
  Medscape Medical News, June 10, 2022
• EULAR 2022 Bimekizumab Tames Active Ankylosing Spondylitis in BE MOBILE 2
  Medscape Medical News, June 10, 2022
• White House Ready to Vaccinate Children Younger Than 5 A White House confident they have enough doses of vaccine to meet initial demand for the youngest Americans also remains concerned about funding for future resources to fight COVID-19.
  WebMD Health News, June 09, 2022
• Injectable Gel Might Help Relieve Chronic Low-Back Pain Due to Degenerative Disc Disease An experimental hydrogel injected into spinal discs appears to relieve pain and improve function in patients with chronic low-back pain caused by degenerative disc disease, according to an early feasibility study.
  Reuters Health Information, June 08, 2022
• ASCO 2022 Acetaminophen Linked to Diminished Response to Immunotherapy in Cancer The commonly used pain killer was strongly associated with a diminished response to immune checkpoint inhibitors in a study of 600 patients with cancer.
  Medscape Medical News, June 08, 2022
• High Risk for Persistent Opioid Use in Young People With Sarcoma Roughly one quarter of adolescents and young adults with sarcoma will continue to use opioids after their cancer treatment, a new study shows.
  Medscape Medical News, June 08, 2022
• Managing Cardiovascular Complications of COVID Vaccination At a recent conference, cardiologists discussed the management of myopericarditis and myocarditis after SARS-CoV-2 infection, as well as the cardiac rehabilitation process.
  Medscape Medical News, June 07, 2022
• Cannabis on Par With Opioids for Pain Relief, Study Suggests A large systematic review found that cannabis products appear to work as well as opioids and certain other medications for pain, although questions remain about side effects and long-term safety.
  Medscape Medical News, June 07, 2022
• Opioid Use in the Elderly a Dementia Risk Factor? The impact of opioid exposure on dementia risk in those aged 75-80 years is similar to that of other potentially modifiable risk factors for dementia.
  Medscape Medical News, June 07, 2022
• EULAR 2022 Methotrexate's First Evidence of Disease Modification in Pre-RA Short-term methotrexate used in patients with arthralgia sustainably reduced disease burden and inflammation on MRI in all at-risk groups, according to the first data on pre-RA disease modification.
  Medscape Medical News, June 06, 2022
• CDC Identifies Two Monkeypox Strains in US In a press call, officials suggested that a small number of monkeypox cases may have been spreading in the US before the CDC's investigation began in May.
  Medscape Medical News, June 03, 2022
• FDA Denies Petition to Disqualify Researchers Over Controversial Ketamine Studies After a lengthy investigation in which many infractions and regulatory violations were found in controversial studies involving ketamine, the FDA has decided not to take punitive action against the researchers involved.
  Medscape Medical News, June 03, 2022
• Simple Formula May Catch Insulinomas Without Extensive Workup The findings suggest it might be possible to skip the 72-hour fasting plasma glucose test. The study was published as a preprint and has not yet been peer reviewed.
  First Look, June 03, 2022
• IV Lidocaine Relieves Pain in Refractory Migraine Hospitalized patients with treatment-resistant chronic migraine can obtain effective pain relief from continuous IV lidocaine, with sustained benefits up to a month later, new research suggests.
  Medscape Medical News, June 03, 2022
• ACSM 2022 At-Home Employees Tend to Sit in Ways That Promote Back Pain Persons who work remotely are at increased risk for low back pain because of poor ergonomics and extended time spent sitting.
  Medscape Medical News, June 03, 2022
• ACSM 2022 Chronic Back Pain Could Be Behind Runners' Knee Problems "When a runner comes in with pain, look beyond the area that hurts."
  Medscape Medical News, June 02, 2022
• Pandemic Drove Greater Reliance on Locum Tenens Docs: Survey A survey of healthcare managers at more than 200 organizations shows that physicians and healthcare employers alike are embracing locum tenens work in response to lingering effects of the pandemic.
  Medscape Medical News, June 02, 2022
• Oklahoma Gunman Who Killed Four Targeted Surgeon Who Treated Him, Police Say A gunman, who fatally shot five people including himself at a Tulsa, Oklahoma, medical building after buying an assault-style rifle the same day, had gone to there to kill a doctor who he blamed for back pain he felt after surgery, authorities said on Thursday.
  Reuters Health Information, June 02, 2022
• EULAR 2022 Upadacitinib Effective Against Nonradiographic AxSpA The JAK inhibitor was effective and safe for patients with rheumatologist-diagnosed axial spondyloarthritis that did not meet radiographic criteria.
  Medscape Medical News, June 01, 2022