Pain Stories
Is Pilates Bad for Your Back?
March 6, 2007
Favoured by celebrities and sports people alike, pilates is widely considered the best form of exercise for improving back pain and poor posture. But some experts are now casting doubt over its ability to relieve back problems. Story
Back-Pain Therapy Guidelines Updated
March 5, 2007
Epidural steroid injections provide only limited short-term relief for lower back pain that radiates down a leg, says a U.S. medical group. That conclusion is part of new guidelines issued by the American Academy of Neurology, which call into question the increasingly common injections as a lower back pain therapy. Story
NIDA Begins Its First-Ever Public Discussion on Pain Relief and Addiction
March 5, 2007
More than 500 researchers, clinicians and interested consumers gathered on the NIH campus to discuss the growing problem of prescription painkiller abuse and the potential for addiction in patients with chronic pain conditions. The conference is being held in collaboration with the NIH Pain Consortium and the American Medical Association. Story
Pain Relief Network Calls NIDA's Addiction Conference a Shameful Charade
March 5, 2007
While the general breakdown in the Federal government's competence is well-known -- with the scandals of Katrina, Abu Ghraib, Guantanamo, and now Walter Reed's systemic failure featured prominently in the media -- government officials and complicit academics who oversee the medical treatment of pain in the U.S. are participating in the government's campaign to divert attention away from the worsening public health disaster caused by the Bush Administration's crackdown on pain treating physicians. Story
Author Dave Wilson Takes his Plan to “Banish Foot Pain Once and For All” a Step Further with his Free Foot Pain Newsletter
March 03, 2007
Just about everybody experiences foot pain at some point in their lives. It is one of the most debilitating forms of pain, and the least likely to be properly treated. After the success of his e-book “Banish Foot Pain Once and For All”, Dave Wilson is now offering a free Foot Pain Newsletter to give foot pain one more kick out the door. Story
Boston Scientific Announces Launch of Race Against Pain(SM) Campaign to Shine Spotlight on Pain Management Technology;
February 28, 2007
Boston Scientific Corporation announced the launch of its Neuromodulation Group's Race Against Pain public outreach campaign to 50 million chronic pain sufferers in the United States. Inspired by Mike Roman - Formula race car driver, chronic pain patient and campaign spokesperson - the Race Against Pain campaign's mission is to educate sufferers about the importance of Pain Specialists and provide them with peer-to-peer support through http://www.raceagainstpain.com/ Story
Abdominal Migraine, Epilepsy
February 27, 2007
Surveys conducted among children showed that 10 percent of those with migraine headaches also have abdominal migraine. Likewise, children with abdominal migraine are twice likely to have migraine headaches and more than twice as likely to have mothers with history of migraine headaches. Story
How Safe is Celebrex?
February 25, 2007
The FDA has thousands of accounts suggesting the painkiller may be linked to heart attacks. Critics are unsure if flaw is in drug or agency's reporting system. Story
Prescriber's Dosing Concerns, Poor Drug Absorption Can Thwart Effective Pain Management With Opioids
February 26, 2007
Physicians' misconceptions about opioid dosing, and certain psychosocial impediments such as concerns about overprescribing or substance abuse can get in the way of effective pain management. Story
Adult Sickle Cell Patients in a Medical Catch-22
February 23, 2007
Patients with the incurable blood disease sickle cell anemia can now live into their 50s due to better drugs and treatments. But experts say the progress has come with a price. Story
1st Fibromyalgia Tissue Bank Set Up at Sun Health Institute
February 23, 2007
A new tissue bank and new research at the Sun Health Research Institute could offer hope to millions of people in this country suffering from fibromyalgia, a chronic syndrome whose many symptoms include fatigue and muscle, joint and bone pain. Story
Federal Government Issues New Guidelines for Proper Disposal of Prescription Drugs
February 20, 2007
The Federal government today issued new guidelines for the proper disposal of unused, unneeded, or expired prescription drugs. Story
The Psychological Therapies Help Reduce Pain: Treatments Can Teach Patients to Manage Their Suffering and Reduce its Intensity.
February 20, 2007
For people in agony from lower-back pain, biofeedback or cognitive-behavioral therapy can actually reduce feelings of pain by about 30 percent, according to a new study, and might even be more effective than drugs or surgery. Story
Tramadol Extended-Release Appears to Decrease Sleep Problems Among Osteoarthritis Patients
February 20, 2007
Patients with poor sleep due to pain associated with osteoarthritis appear to achieve better sleep with the extended-release (ER) formulation of tramadol Story
Clinical Trial Shows Herbal Supplement 100% Effective Against Migraines
February 16, 2007
Migra-Zen Relief Plus(R) Stops Migraine Before They Start, With No Adverse Effects Story
Thumbs Down to Excessive Txt Msg
February 16, 2007
The latest techno-pain could be "text message injury," a phrase coined by the British as the number of people complaining of sore thumbs from typing on cell phones and Blackberries rapidly increased. Story
Hip Replacement Surgery: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
February 15, 2007
In the last ten years, huge gains have been made in using "minimally invasive surgery" (MIS) for hip replacements. Those patients, who qualify for this type of surgery, no longer have to endure the pain from "open" surgeries where the orthopaedic surgeon had to make large incisions, up to six inches long. MIS has fewer complications in a number of ways. Story
Oxymorphone Extended Release Appears Effective in Treating Patients With Chronic Low Back Pain
February 14, 2007
Patients living with moderate-to-severe chronic lower back pain appear to respond well to treatment with oxymorphone hydrochloride extended release (Opana ER), according to the results of a 12-week study. Story
Opioid Analgesics for Chronic Pain
February 14 2005
PAs should offer opioid analgesic therapy to patients for whom it is indicated and justified. Story
The Silent Addiction to Everyday Painkillers
February 13, 2007
Forget cannabis and heroin. Thousands of utterly respectable Britons are in the grip of an insidious and deadly drug addiction - to everyday painkillers, such as Nurofen. Story
Backlash Against Oxycontin Prescriptions Could Lead to Methadone Overdoses
February 10, 2007
Overdoses of methadone — used as a replacement drug for opiate addicts but also an increasingly popular painkiller — can lead to heart and breathing problems and death, the Food and Drug Administration warned this week. Story
Opioid Prescribing At Forefront of Pain Medicine Meeting
February 11, 2007 - 1:00 PST
Opioid therapy, opioid prescribing and prescription drug diversion were provoking topics at the 23rd annual meeting of the American Academy of Pain Medicine (AAPM) at the Hilton New Orleans Riverside Hotel/Morial Convention Center, February 7-10, 2007. Story
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