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Using the common pain-relieving medication acetaminophen during pregnancy was associated with increased risk for multiple behavioural problems in children, according to an article published online by JAMA Pediatrics. Acetaminophen is generally considered safe in pregnancy and is used by a many pregnant women for pain and fever. Evie Stergiakouli, PhD, University of Bristol, Bristol, United […]
Read MoreArthur L. Caplan, PhD Hi. I’m Art Caplan from the Division of Medical Ethics and the New York University (NYU) Langone Medical Center. A former student of mine, who is now in medical school, asked me a question that comes up again and again. I have not talked about it here, but I think it […]
Read MoreScientists are testing an experimental drug that’s designed to have the painkilling power of morphine without some of the side effects that can lead to overdose deaths. Initial results in mice with the compound known for now as PZM21 suggest it might be less addictive than morphine and other opiate painkillers and avoid respiratory depression […]
Read MoreAuthors: Hitoshi Sato et al BMC Anesthesiol. 2016;16(47) Background: Compared to conventional tidal volume ventilation, low tidal-volume ventilation reduces mortality in cased of acute respiratory distress syndrome. The aim of the present study is to determine whether low tidal-volume ventilation reduces the production of inflammatory mediators in the lungs and improves physiological status during hepatic […]
Read MoreLearn more about the use of subanesthetic dosages of IV agents in an outpatient headache and chronic pain clinic. By John Claude Krusz, PhD, MD Most pain practitioners now believe that neuroinflammation plays a role in the initiation, maintenance, and exacerbation of the chronic pain process in the nervous system—both centrally and peripherally.1 Microglial cell activation in […]
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