Knee’d: What to tell patients about knee injections for osteoarthritis The growing prevalence of knee osteoarthritis could bring more patients into doctors’ offices, asking for pain relief. Pharmacist email alerts fail to reduce co-prescribing of benzodiazepines and opioidsStudy examines whether email alerts sent by pharmacists to prescribers and primary care managers reduce co-prescribing of opioids and benzodiazepines. No more mandatory training required for B.C. doctors to prescribe methadone for pain Training was seen as a barrier to access methadone for pain management. Researchers developing dissolving pain-relief implant A Northwestern University-led team of researchers has developed an implant that relieves pain on demand without the use of drugs. QUIZ: Puzzles in chronic pain management How well do you know Canada’s primary-care-focused guideline? Medical orgs sound alarm over reports U.S. patients can't get Methotrexate for arthritis, lupus, cancer Restrictions, fears of use arise as fallout from recent Roe v. Wade decision Gabapentin increasingly involved in drug overdose deaths Nearly 90% of drug overdose deaths in which gabapentin was detected also involved an opioid, particularly illicitly manufactured fentanyl. Limited evidence supports the role of cannabis in pain relief A U.S. federally funded systematic evidence review of 3,000 studies (25 of which had scientifically valid evidence) found that just three products showed evidence providing pain relief. Are anti-inflammatories and steroids causing chronic pain? McGill researchers find there is such a thing as beneficial inflammation. Do product labeling changes improve safety? Changes to acetaminophen labels did not reduce accidental overdoses. First Previous 6 7 8 9 10 Next Last