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Researchers from Texas A&M Irma Rangel College of Pharmacy have recently highlighted a new concern emanating from the public health crisis of opioid abuse: the substitution of large doses of the antidiarrheal medication loperamide. Sold under the brand name Imodium®, the drug is readily available...
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Findings from a study conducted by researchers at Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, highlight the significance of pain catastrophizing as a predictor of opioid prescribing patterns for women with chronic pain. The study found that female patients who catastrophize both report higher...
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New research from the University of California, San Francisco appears to link chronic pain in older adults to accelerated cognitive decline and dementia. In the longitudinal population based cohort study, a finding of pain in 2 interviews conducted 2 years apart was associated with a statistically...
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Senior PAINWeek faculty member Douglas Gourlay, MD, MSc, FRCPS, FASAM, has spoken often of the need for frontline practitioners with an interest in pain to become “talented amateurs” in addiction medicine. A new consensus document released by the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) may...
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Results of a study published last week in the Journal of Pain Research provided confirming evidence that many providers lack confidence in their capacity to manage patients with chronic pain. Conducted by researchers from the Mayo Clinic, the study surveyed 83 attendees at a Mayo Clinic medical...
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There’s new information and further confirmation of the benefits of breastfeeding, according to research findings from colleagues at the Hospital Universitario Nuestra Senora de Valme in Spain. In their presentation at the Euroanaesthesia Congress 2017 in Geneva, the team reports that new mothers...
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Another milestone in the search for a new and better molecule for pain management may have been achieved by findings from new research led by Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC). Based on their experiments on rodents, the study team concludes that chronic pain may result from the migration of...
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At PAINWeek 2016, a panel of medical, legal, and pharmacy specialists convened to offer their views on the recently introduced prescribing guidelines for chronic pain from the CDC. In this segment, Dr. Ziegler and Dr. Fudin summarize some of the concerns voiced over the guideline development process...
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New research on mouse models may provide a greater understanding of the connection between pain intensity and sleep loss, a topic that has been explored in the past by various members of the PAINWeek faculty. Sleep psychologist Chloe Alexandre, PhD, and pain psychologist Alban Latremoliere, PhD, led...
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What does the data say about nonopioid analgesics? Which provide value to what condition? A palliative care services overseer discusses the pros and cons of these treatments, their potential role in pain management, and available data supporting their use.