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Idiopathic intracranial hypertension (formerly called pseudotumor cerebri) is a cause of headache, along with optic nerve edema, and can lead to permanent visual loss. This course will address how to diagnose it, how best to treat it, and other topics including subgroups and issues of “outliers.”...
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Pelvic floor muscle dysfunction is associated with pelvic pain, physical disability, and sexual dysfunction. Prevalence estimates of musculoskeletal dysfunction in various pelvic pain conditions, including endometriosis, vulvodynia, and painful bladder syndrome, range from 21% to 80%.
In addition...
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Despite being one of the more frequently noted triggers for migraine, estrogen and its role in the pathology of migraine is still unknown.
This talk discusses the current understanding of the role of estrogen in the headache experience. We will start by touching on the clinical experience the...
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Opioid use and addiction have soared in the United States over the past 20 years, and drug overdoses have become the leading cause of injury death.
Persons with opioid use disorder (OUD), particularly those injecting opioids, frequently require hospitalization and encounter need of acute opioid...
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At the 2018 Department of Justice (DOJ) Opioid Summit, then-Attorney General Jeff Sessions remarked that opioid prescribing had reached its lowest point in 18 years. Still, the DOJ is committed to reducing opioid analgesic prescriptions an additional 30% to 33% within the next 3 years. More than...
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Assessment, diagnosis, treatment plan formulation, implementation, and follow-up are processes familiar to clinicians and are the main drivers of safe and effective chronic pain treatment. However, many other things influence our clinical decision-making, including the continuing controversies about...
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Marijuana and hemp are genetically distinct cousins of the genus Cannabis sativa L., yet they have been erroneously associated with each other for the past 80 years.
That all changed in December 2018 when Congress removed hemp from the federal Controlled Substances Act and legalized the plant and...
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It’s your worst clinical nightmare: providing dosing recommendations for opioid and/or nonopioid pain medication treatment for a patient with renal or hepatic impairment.
Even scarier, a patient with end-stage renal or hepatic disease! Put your panic aside and learn about the INs and OUT of...
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It is becoming increasingly common to hear a new analgesic drug molecule described as a “biased ligand,” being “peripherally restricted,” or as having been “engineered.” What do these terms mean? How are such drugs designed or discovered, and how do you even know that you have one when you have one...
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In 2010, the Captain James A. Lovell Federal Healthcare Center became the first fully integrated facility caring for active duty, veterans, retirees, and dependents in the US. This presented healthcare professionals with unique challenges including how to address pain management in such a diverse...