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Uncategorized Published - 20 August, 2015    By - Dr Clemens
Oxycodone / Naloxone Reduces Safely Pain in Patients With Parkinson’s Disease

Prolonged-release oxycodone / naloxone shows significant efficacy for the reduction of musculoskeletal pain and nocturnal pain for patients with severe pain from Parkinson’s disease compared with placebo, according to results of a double-blind study presented at the First Congress of the European Academy of Neurology (EAN). Prolonged-release oxycodone / naloxone also demonstrated no unanticipated adverse […]

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Uncategorized Published - 20 August, 2015    By - Dr Clemens
Combined Anaesthetic Treatment Relieves Post-Op Pain After Knee Arthroplasty

The combination of peri-articular and adductor canal infiltration was superior than peri-articular infiltration alone or adductor canal infiltration alone in decreasing pain when walking on day 1 after a knee replacement, according to a study presented here at the 2015 Annual Meeting of the Canadian Anesthesiologists’ Society (CAS). “Knee surgery is very painful,” said Richard […]

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Uncategorized Published - 20 August, 2015    By - Dr Clemens
Sumatriptan Improves Quality of Recovery After Craniotomy

The use of sumatriptan decreases post-operative headache at the non-surgical site in patients who undergo craniotomy for the treatment of trigeminal neuralgia and facial spasms, researchers said here at the 2015 Annual Meeting of the Canadian Anesthesiologists’ Society (CAS). “These patients complain of pain at the non-surgical site as well as nausea and vomiting,” said […]

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Uncategorized Published - 20 August, 2015    By - Dr Clemens
Use off Opioids 1 Month Post-Op Predicts Use at 6 Months After Surgery

Patients who minimally used opioids prior to surgery, but who continued to use them for pain relief 30 days after surgery were likely to be using them in the longer term, according to a study presented here at the 2015 Annual Meeting of the Canadian Anesthesiologists’ Society (CAS). With ongoing opioid use being a public […]

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Uncategorized Published - 20 August, 2015    By - Dr Clemens
Sumatriptan Less Effective in Migraine With Aura

Sumatriptan is less effective in migraine attacks with aura than in those without, new data reveal. The findings, from an analysis of previous clinical trial results, were presented here at the American Headache Society (AHS) 57th Annual Scientific Meeting by Jakob Møller Hansen, MD, PhD, a resident at the Department of Neurology at Rigshospitalet and […]

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