Pain Medicine
Guideline: Pain Management Best Practices
7 Jun, 2019 | 07:12h | UTCCommentary: Best Pain Management Practices Outlined in New HHS Report – Medscape (free registration required)
Guideline: Managing Opioid use Disorder in Primary Care
7 Jun, 2019 | 07:00h | UTCManaging opioid use disorder in primary care: PEER simplified guideline – Canadian Family Physician (free)
Related: Opioid use disorder in primary care: PEER umbrella systematic review of systematic reviews – Canadian Family Physician (free)
Meta-Analysis: Safety of Opioids in Osteoarthritis
5 Jun, 2019 | 04:06h | UTC
Guidelines for Pain Management in Acute Musculoskeletal Injury
31 May, 2019 | 05:04h | UTC
Systematic Review: Tramadol for Osteoarthritis
30 May, 2019 | 08:28h | UTCTramadol for osteoarthritis – Cochrane Library (free)
Summary: Tramadol for osteoarthritis – Cochrane Library (free)
“tramadol alone or in combination with acetaminophen probably has no important benefit on mean pain or function in people with osteoarthritis, although slightly more people in the tramadol group report an important improvement”
Discogenic Back Pain: Literature Review of Definition, Diagnosis, and Treatment
28 May, 2019 | 10:29h | UTCDiscogenic Back Pain: Literature Review of Definition, Diagnosis, and Treatment – JBMR Plus (free)
Viewpoint – “Millions Take Gabapentin for Pain. But There’s Scant Evidence It Works.”
21 May, 2019 | 06:04h | UTCMillions Take Gabapentin for Pain. But There’s Scant Evidence It Works. – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
Related: Meta-Analysis: Anticonvulsants in the Treatment of Low Back Pain and Lumbar Radicular Pain (free) AND Benefits and safety of gabapentinoids in chronic low back pain (free) AND Less is More: A Clinical Overview of Off-label Use of Gabapentinoid Drugs (link to abstract)
Optimizing Cancer Pain Management in Resource-limited Settings
19 May, 2019 | 21:55h | UTCOptimizing cancer pain management in resource-limited settings – Supportive Care in Cancer (free)
Review: New Concepts of Pain
19 May, 2019 | 20:37h | UTCNew concepts of pain – Best Practice & Research Clinical Rheumatology (free)
Review: Current Understanding of the Mixed Pain Concept
16 May, 2019 | 05:51h | UTC
Cohort Study: Chronic Use of Tramadol After Acute Pain Episode
16 May, 2019 | 05:19h | UTCChronic use of tramadol after acute pain episode: cohort study – The BMJ (free)
Commentaries: Risk of Prolonged Use With Tramadol vs Other Short Acting Opioids Examined – MPR (free) AND ‘There really is no safe opioid’: Study finds tramadol isn’t a less addictive painkiller – CBC (free)
Related Commentary on Twitter
Tramadol use is associated with a higher risk of prolonged opioid use in patients with an acute episode of pain compared with other short acting opioids, finds new research @mollyjeffery https://t.co/PK0SYpINT7
— The BMJ (@bmj_latest) May 14, 2019
Treat the Patient, Not the Label: A Pain Neuroscience Update
5 May, 2019 | 16:06h | UTC
Randomized Trial: IV Dexamethasone, Metoclopramide, Ketorolac, or Chlorpromazine for Migraine Headache
2 May, 2019 | 12:33h | UTCEffectiveness of intravenous dexamethasone, metoclopramide, ketorolac, and chlorpromazine for pain relief and prevention of recurrence in the migraine headache: a prospective double-blind randomized clinical trial – Neurological Sciences (free for a limited period)
Perspective: Limits on Opioid Prescribing Leave Patients With Chronic Pain Vulnerable
30 Apr, 2019 | 02:09h | UTCLimits on Opioid Prescribing Leave Patients With Chronic Pain Vulnerable – JAMA (free for a limited period)
Personalized Radiation Therapy in Cancer Pain Management
30 Apr, 2019 | 01:54h | UTCPersonalized Radiation Therapy in Cancer Pain Management – Cancers (free)
Exercise as a Prescription for Patients with Various Diseases
24 Apr, 2019 | 06:32h | UTCExercise as a Prescription for Patients with Various Diseases – Journal of Sport and Health Science (free)
This review summarizes the latest exercise prescription treatments for 26 different diseases.
Recent Advances in Understanding/Managing Trigeminal Neuralgia
24 Apr, 2019 | 06:06h | UTCRecent advances in understanding/managing trigeminal neuralgia – F1000Research (free)
Review: Treatment of Medication Overuse Headache
21 Apr, 2019 | 21:10h | UTCTreatment of medication overuse headache—A review – Acta Neurologica Scandinavica (free)
Current Concepts in Joint Pain in Knee Osteoarthritis
20 Apr, 2019 | 13:29h | UTCCurrent concepts in joint pain in knee osteoarthritis – Der Schmerz (free)
Meta-Analysis: Comparative Efficacy of Therapeutics for Chronic Cancer Pain
4 Apr, 2019 | 22:50h | UTCComparative Efficacy of Therapeutics for Chronic Cancer Pain: A Bayesian Network Meta-Analysis – Journal of Clinical Oncology (free for a limited period)
Meta-Analysis: Beta-blockers for the Prevention of Headache in Adults
4 Apr, 2019 | 22:49h | UTC
Consensus Statement: Perioperative Management of Patients on Preoperative Opioid Therapy
4 Apr, 2019 | 12:52h | UTC
Women with Newly Discovered Gene Mutation Feels Almost no Pain
1 Apr, 2019 | 12:00h | UTCCommentaries: Woman with novel gene mutation lives almost pain-free – University College London (free) AND The case of a woman who feels almost no pain leads scientists to a new gene mutation – STAT (free) AND At 71, She’s Never Felt Pain or Anxiety. Now Scientists Know Why. – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free) AND The woman who doesn’t feel pain – BBC (free)
Randomized Trial: Prehospital Analgesia With Intranasal Ketamine
1 Apr, 2019 | 11:57h | UTC
Position Paper: Diagnosis and Management of Complex Regional Pain Syndrome
29 Mar, 2019 | 07:36h | UTCRelated: Complex regional pain syndrome in adults (2nd edition) – UK guidelines for diagnosis, referral and management in primary and secondary care 2018 – Royal College of Physicians (free PDF)