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This section includes a wide variety of pain management stories, arranged by date and type (not significance), which have appeared in the popular media (print, broadcast, and on-line) in the last month. Because of the volume of stories, only the first few are included on the main page. Be sure to click on "More Stories" at the bottom of each front page section.
Pain Stories In The News
Chronic Pain Takes Increasing Toll on U.S. Productivity
March 7, 2007
Chronic pain among the nation‚s workforce rose nearly 40 percent between 1996 and 2006, according to a national survey of 1,103 full-time U.S. workers and 251 employment benefits managers. Story
Cruel and Disgusting: Pain Patient Appeal Denied
March 12, 2007
Florida's Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from Richard Paey, a wheelchair-using father of three who is currently serving a 25-year mandatory prison sentence for taking his own pain medication. In doing so, the court let stand a decision which essentially claims that the courts have no role in checking the powers of the executive and legislative branches of government when an individual outcome is patently unjust. Story
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Pain Studies In The News
Recent Study Shows Significant Improvement In Knee Function and Joint Mobility Following use of InflameAway-Celadrin
March 08, 2007
Imagenetix, Inc. announced today that a new clinical study was presented at the "Natural Supplements: An Evidence-Based Update" medical conference, hosted by Scripps Center for Integrative Medicine, has demonstrated that Celadrin can significantly improve knee function and help relieve the painful symptoms of osteoarthritis. Story
Brain Stimulation May Ease Headaches, Studies Find
March 8, 2007
Two separate teams of researchers report that stimulating the brain with implanted electrodes appears to help ease the pain of cluster headaches. Story
43 More Pain Studies In The News
Policy and Law
Are Increasing Opioid Analgesic Deaths Caused by Pain Management?
March 1, 2007
In a recent article in Pharmacopidemiology and Drug Safety, researchers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention linked the rising opioid mortality with increasing medical use of opioids analgesics for "more aggressive pain management" Links to commentary by David Joranson and Aaron Gilson call attention to the risks of using correlations to make causal statements that implicate pain management. Story
FDA Takes Action to Halt Marketing of Unapproved Ergotamine Companies Ordered to Cease Manufacturing and Distribution of Illegal Drugs to Treat Migraine Headaches
March 1, 2007
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today told 20 companies to cease marketing unapproved drug products containing ergotamine tartrate. Story
(Wyoming) Conference Committee Reinstates Pain Mmanagement in Cancer Bill
February 28, 2007
Legislators tasked with reaching a compromise on the Wyoming Cancer Control Act agreed Wednesday morning to include provisions for a pain management advisory panel in the bill. Story
Prescription Addiction, Diversion, and Abuse
Prescription-Painkiller Abuse on the Rise
March 6, 2007
Teenagers and young adults are abusing prescription drugs in staggering numbers, and the crippling effects of this addiction must be addressed head-on, experts said Monday. Story
Study Finds Utah Tops Nation in Nonmedical Painkiller Abuse
March 05, 2007
A federal study of painkiller use found Utah leads the nation in nonmedical use of prescription drugs in 2004 and 2005, with 6.5 percent of the population using drugs without a doctor's order. Story
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For Your Patients
What New Painkiller Guidelines Mean for You
March 6, 2007
New guidelines released last week by the American Heart Association, advising doctors to withhold medications to treat chronic pain until other treatment options have been exhausted, have left some patients frustrated and confused, wondering what's safe to take for pain, experts say. Story
Taken as Prescribed, Addiction Risk is Low
March 1, 2007
The abuse of prescription pain medication in the United States appears to be on the increase. Michael Hooten, M.D., Director of the Pain Rehabilitation Center at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, answers questions on pain medication misuse and addiction in an interview in the March issue of Mayo Clinic Women’s HealthSource. Story
Choosing Pain Medicine For Osteoarthritis (Consumer Guide)
February 2, 2007
A guide to help consumers work with their doctors or nurses to choose pain-relief medicine for osteoarthritis. This guide is based on a government-funded review of the research about pain-relief medicines for osteoarthritis. It includes over-the-counter (OTC) medications and some prescription (Rx) drugs. It also gives information about the trade-offs between pain relief, risks of side-effects, and the price of the medications. Story
Industry News
FDA to Review Arcoxia, Merck's Follow-Up to Vioxx
March 03, 2007
Merck & Co. Inc.'s Arcoxia, the follow-up drug to the company's controversial pain-reliever Vioxx, will be reviewed next month by a Food and Drug Administration panel. It would be the first in its class of drugs to gain U.S. approval since heart attacks and strokes were linked to predecessors. Story
FDA Approves Alpharma's KADIAN(R) New 200 Mg Strength
March 1, 2007
Alpharma Inc. today announced that it has been notified by United States Food and Drug Administration("FDA") that its pending application for KADIAN® 200mg capsule has received approval. Story
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