As use and misuse of alcohol, opioids, and psychostimulants continues to increase, anesthesiologists can become a more integral part of the care team managing patients with a Substance… read more.
Medtronic plc has received CE (Conformité Européenne) Mark approval for its Inceptiv closed-loop rechargeable spinal cord stimulator (SCS). It is the first Medtronic SCS device to offer a… read more.
AbbVie announced that the European Commission has approved Aquipta (atogepant) for the prophylaxis of migraine in adults who have four or more migraine days per month. The approval… read more.
Pelvic pain in women with endometriosis is attributed to neuroinflammation. Researchers investigated biochemical mediators of endometriosis-associated pelvic pain to provide a foundation to identify new drugs to improve… read more.
Over the last 10 years, there has been a shift to fewer codeine prescriptions and an increase in prescriptions for stronger opioids, such as hydrocodone, hydromorphone and oxycodone… read more.
Starting a patient-controlled epidural anesthesia (PCEA) infusion while the patient is still in the operating room (OR) — rather than in the recovery room after the procedure —… read more.
In the first randomized trial to study the efficacy of opioid pain relievers for the treatment of acute lower back and neck pain for up to one year,… read more.
An estimated 3 million patients visit emergency departments each year with acute chest pain and mildly elevated troponin levels. High levels of troponin, a protein, occur when the… read more.
Opioid pain-relieving medicines are not more effective than a placebo in relieving acute back and neck pain and may even cause harm, according to a world-first trial led… read more.
Increasing access to prescription opioid painkillers may reduce opioid overdose deaths in the United States, according to a Rutgers study. “When access to prescription opioids is heavily restricted,… read more.
Trevena, Inc. announced new topline Olinvyk data from the ARTEMIS study. The ARTEMIS study was an electronic medical records (EMR) based assessment focused on clinical and health resource… read more.
Researchers report that treatment with bempedoic acid in high-risk primary prevention patients who cannot tolerate recommended doses of statins reduces major adverse cardiovascular events. The findings were published… read more.
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