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Concurrent use of heroin and prescription opioids is increasing

More Prescription Opioid Addicts Are Turning to Heroin

Interviews with addicts confirm desire for cheaper, more plentiful substitute
Body mass index

Lifestyle Factors Not Linked to Chronic Prostatitis/Pelvic Pain

No correlations seen in large cohort study of U.S. male health professionals
Blunt-tip and pencil-point needles have comparable risks of inadvertent vascular injection during lumbosacral transforaminal injections

Needle Type Doesn’t Change Epidural Vascular Uptake Risk

Similar risk of inadvertent vascular injection seen with blunt-tip, pencil-point needles
Improved prescribing practices could help reduce opioid abuse and overdose deaths from those drugs

CDC: Prescribing Practices Key to Curbing Rx Abuse

Small number of doctors write most opioid prescriptions, study finds
Cannabis appears mostly safe for treating chronic pain

Cannabis Appears to Be Safe for Chronic Pain Patients

Drug modestly reduces patients' pain scores
For patients with chronic nonspecific neck pain

Booster Massage Dose May Be Helpful in Chronic Neck Pain

Improvements in pain and dysfunction at 12 weeks for those receiving additional massages
Spiritual care could be conducive to active coping

Spirituality Can Aid Active Coping in Inter-Disciplinary Pain Rehab

Spiritual care may be conducive to multidimensional care pathways
Unexplained chronic fatigue

Damage to Mitochondrial DNA May Explain Gulf War Illness

Exposure to chemicals could be cause of unexplained fatigue and pain among Gulf War veterans
For pediatric patients with appendicitis

Racial Disparities in Analgesia for Children With Appendicitis

Black children less likely to receive pain meds for moderate pain, less likely to receive opioids
For patients with cervicogenic headache

Lasting Analgesia for Subcompartmental GON Block

Subcompartmental greater occipital nerve block gives 24 weeks analgesia in cervicogenic headache