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Here are certain measures that can be taken preoperatively to ensure proper pain management for patients being treated for opioid dependence. The use of buprenorphine products to help treat opioid dependence has increased over the last decade. This trend has been paralleled by an increase in the number of surgeries involving patients taking buprenorphine products. […]
Read MorePatients with refractory chronic migraine may also have a high prevalence of comorbidities, including anxiety, depression, bipolar spectrum, and personality disorders. Patients with refractory chronic migraine (RCM) experience a great deal of disability related to their chronic headaches. Significant abuse in childhood, whether sexual, physical, or emotional, may predispose a person to the development of […]
Read MoreFewer patients are filling prescriptions for opioid painkillers — but those who are filling them are filling more prescriptions with more days of medication per prescription — according to a report by Express Scripts, a pharmacy benefits company. The company examined pharmacy claims for 6.8 million Americans who filled at least one opioid prescription for […]
Read MoreUDT is Essential to Medical Care Primary care and family practice physicians are at the forefront of providing diverse patient populations with quality medical care that improves lives. Chronic pain is one of the leading reasons why patients visit their PCP or family doctor—who understands that uncontrolled chronic pain causes unnecessary suffering and can lead […]
Read MoreProfessor Francois Clergue, director of anesthesia of the University Hospitals of Geneva, challenged attendees of the European Society of Anaesthesiology (ESA) annual meeting here to extend their demonstrated success in improving anesthesia safety to address the entire perioperative period. The goal: Reduce postoperative mortality by 20%. Dr. Clergue, delivering the Sir Robert Macintosh Lecture, discussed […]
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