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Pain Studies In The News
Opioid pain medications safe and effective when used appropriatelyDecember 7, 2009 Source: Canadian Medical Association Journal
A survey conducted in 2007 and 2008 found that an estimated one in six Canadians suffer from chronic pain. Estimates place direct health care costs for Canada to be more than $6 billion per year for individuals suffering from chronic pain. People living with chronic pain deserve access to best practice pain management - including the proper use of opioid analgesics when indicated. Opioids can be a very safe and effective treatment for pain when used for the right reason by the right person. Any measures put into place to reduce the misuse of prescription opioids should not penalize the vast majority of people with pain who use these medications appropriately. [Story]
New study finds barriers to pain treatment in children with sickle cell disease
December 6, 2009 Source: Medical College of Wisconsin
A new study found a substantial variation in hydroxyurea utilization for pain and other sickle cell disease complications in children. Barriers to its use on the part of both providers and patients were also identified. Hydroxyurea was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for use in sickle cell disease patients in 1998. While hydroxyurea remains the standard of care for reducing these painful events in adults, little is known about its practice patterns in children. [Story]
Non-Academy News
Florida Academy of Pain Medicine Annual Meeting and Tradeshow
July 16-18, 2010 The Breakers, Palm Beach
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Stories
(WA) DSHS devises special Internet dosing calculator to help doctors wean patients off high-opioid prescriptionsDecember 7, 2009 Source: DSHS
A DSHS Medicaid team has developed a special "Opioid Taper Plan Calculator" that will help doctors reduce the amount of opium-derivative narcotics prescribed for Medicaid clients fighting pain.The "Opioid Taper Plan Calculator for Clients with Chronic, Non-Cancer Pain" was developed by Registered Nurse Scott Best, who is part of a team at HRSA. [Story]
Deaths related to narcotic pain relievers have doubled since 1991: Study
December 4, 2009 Source: St. Michael's Hospital
Deaths from opioid use in Ontario have doubled—from 13.7 deaths per million residents in 1991 to 27.2 deaths per million residents in 2004—according to a new study led by physicians at St. Michael's Hospital and the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences in Toronto. Researchers also found that the addition of a long-acting form of oxycodone (OxyContin) to the province's drug formulary in January 2000 corresponded with a five-fold increase in oxycodone-related deaths. [Story]
Prescription Addiction, Diversion, and Abuse
FDA's Woodcock discusses pain management and drug safety in Nov. 26, 2009 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine
November 30, 2009 Source: U.S. Food and Drug Administration
In her article titled "A Difficult Balance - Pain Management, Drug Safety, and the FDA," Janet Woodcock, M.D discusses FDA efforts to balance access to pain medication for those who need it and manage the risks posed by various analgesics. She cites recent FDA actions on acetaminophen, propoxyphene, and Oxycontin. These actions are part of the FDA's ongoing Safe Use Initiative, aimed at reducing the likelihood of preventable harm from medication use.
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Product News/Clinical Trial Results
New neurostimulation patient programming software enables more thorough and efficient capture of complex pain patternsDecember 4, 2009 Source: St. Jude Medical®
St. Jude Medical, Inc. announced U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval of its next-generation MultiSteering Technology software for Rapid Programmer™, a programming platform used to optimize neurostimulation therapy for chronic pain patients. this new software is designed to help healthcare professionals thoroughly and efficiently program devices for patients with complex pain patterns, eliminating unnecessary, inefficient steps. [Story]
Javelin Pharmaceuticals submits Dyloject™ New Drug Application to FDA for management of acute moderate-to-severe pain in adults
December 2, 2009 Source: Javelin Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Javelin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced that it has submitted a New Drug Application to the US Food and Drug Administration for its investigational product candidate, Dyloject™ (diclofenac sodium) Injection, for the management of acute moderate-to-severe pain in adults. If approved, Dyloject will be the first IV non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug marketed in the US as a single agent for the management of acute moderate-to-severe pain in adults since ketorolac in 1990. [Story]
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Research Abstracts
Stay up-to-date on the latest research! This section offers complete abstracts on a wide variety of pain and pain management topics that have been selected from the
National Library of Medicine.
[All Abstracts]
Some include:
Benke M, Shaffer B.
Viscosupplementation treatment of arthritis pain.
Current pain and headache reports. 2009 Dec;13(6):440-6.
[Abstract]
Blonk MI, Koder BG, Bemt PM, et al
Use of oral ketamine in chronic pain management: a review.
European journal of pain (London, England). 2009 Oct 28. [forthcoming]
[Abstract]
Boggio PS, Amancio EJ, Correa CF, et al.
Transcranial DC stimulation coupled with TENS for the treatment of chronic pain:
a preliminary study.
The Clinical journal of pain. 2009 Oct;25(8):691-695.
[Abstract]
Braden JB, Sullivan MD, Ray GT, et al.
Trends in long-term opioid therapy for noncancer pain among persons with a
history of depression.
General hospital psychiatry. 2009 Nov-Dec;31(6):564-70.
[Abstract]
Dasgupta N, Mandl KD, Brownstein JS.
Breaking the news or fueling the epidemic? Temporal association between news
media report volume and opioid-related mortality.
PloS one. 2009 Nov 18;4(11):e7758.
[Abstract]
Mullally WJ, Hall K, Goldstein R.
Efficacy of biofeedback in the treatment of migraine and tension type headaches.
Pain physician. 2009 Nov-Dec;12(6):1005-11.
[Abstract]
Stanton TR, Latimer J, Maher CG, et al.
How do we define the condition 'recurrent low back pain'? A systematic review.
European spine journal. 2009 Nov 18. [forthcoming]
[Abstract]
Legislative Updates
Affordable Health Care for America Act aims to establish the Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee and a national pain care education outreach and awareness campaign
Branch of Government: U.S. House of Representatives
Title: Affordable Health Care for America Act
Summary: Requires the HHS Secretary to establish the Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee; ... a national pain care education outreach and awareness campaign
Sponsor: Rangel, Waxman, et al
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N.J. law will allow physicians to issue multiple prescriptions for total of up to 90-day supply of Schedule II drugs
Branch of Government: New Jersey. Assembly
Title: A.B. 3799
Summary: Permits physicians to issue multiple prescriptions for total of up to 90-day supply of Schedule II drugs
Sponsor: Conaway and Stender
Latest Action: 11/20/09 Signed by Governor.
Clinical Trials
Alabama
Fibromyalgia
City: Birmingham
Summary:A study to characterize the effects of milnacipran on symptoms of fibromyalgia, as demonstrated by changes in symptoms following the discontinuation of milnacipran.
California
Arthritis
City: Garden Grove
Summary: A study to determine if duloxetine provides additional pain reduction in patients with knee pain due to osteoarthritis who are taking NSAIDs but still have significant knee pain.
New Books
Visceral Pain: Clinical, Pathophysiological and Therapeutic Aspects
Product Description
Visceral pain, or pain in the internal organs, is often quite difficult for the clinician to recognize promptly as its characteristics are often atypical and vary with time. Patients with visceral pain also often present with concurrent painful conditions in more than one internal organ; this can give rise to an intricate complex of symptoms which can be misleading if not accurately evaluated. Also, despite its frequency, the mechanisms behind pain in the internal organs are not fully understood, and this impacts negatively on therapy.
This concise pocketbook addresses the epidemiology and clinical characteristics of the major visceral pain phenomena, the fundamentals of their neurophysiological mechanisms and the principles of their treatment. It also provides overviews of current diagnostic and therapeutic guidelines on the conditions most commonly associated with visceral pain.
About the Author
Maria Adele Giamberardino is Associate Editor in Clinical Science of Pain - Journal of the International Association for the Study of Pain and Field Editor in the Neurobiology of Pain, for the European Journal of Pain.
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Lagniappe
Gray K, Wegner DM.
Blaming god for our pain: human suffering and the divine mind.
Personality and social psychology review. 2009 Nov 19. [forthcoming]
In this article, the authors propose that God is seen as the ultimate moral agent, the entity people blame and praise when they receive anomalous harm and help. Support for this proposition comes from research on mind perception, morality, and moral typecasting. Interestingly, although people perceive God as the author of salvation, suffering seems to evoke even more attributions to the divine.
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