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More physicians will receive training on prescribing opioid pain medications as part of a White House initiative against abuse of prescription drugs and heroin use. President Barack Obama issued a memorandum yesterday requiring federal departments and agencies to provide opioid prescribing education to all “federal prescribers.” This group includes clinicians who are employees or contract […]
Read MoreIn patients with acute, nontraumatic low back pain, adding cyclobenzaprine or oxycodone/acetaminophen to naproxen alone did not improve functional outcomes or pain at 1-week follow-up in a new randomized study. “Naproxen alone was just as good as using it in combination with the muscle relaxant or the opioid,” lead author Benjamin W. Friedman, MD, Albert […]
Read MoreOn January 13, 2016, ASA and the American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine (ASRA) submitted formal recommendations to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) offering support for the proposed 2016 Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain while expressing caution on its impact on therapies used to treat acute and chronic pain. The Guideline […]
Read MoreThe US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the Algovita Spinal Cord Stimulation System (Greatbatch Inc), a device to treat chronic pain, the company announced in a press release. The device is indicated as an aid in the management of chronic, intractable pain of the trunk and/or limbs, including unilateral or bilateral pain associated with […]
Read MoreNew American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) guidelines, published November 30 in Pediatrics, identify key components for the pediatric perioperative anesthesia environment to optimize anesthetic care and reduce adverse events. “[T]he pediatric perioperative anesthesia environment is defined as areas of a patient care facility in which the patient preparation for, performance of, and recovery from surgical procedures occur […]
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