Skeletal Muscle Relaxants Beneficial for Only Certain Conditions
Long-term use for low back pain, fibromyalgia, and headaches not found to be beneficial
UBE Microdiscectomy Beneficial for Lumbar Disc Herniation
Unilateral biportal endoscopic microdiscectomy has longer operating times, lower pain med intake in early postop period
Review Compares Drug Interventions for Acute Migraine Treatment
Eletriptan most effective for pain freedom at two hours in head-to-head comparisons, followed by rizatriptan, sumatriptan, and zolmitriptan
Erenumab Effective for Nonopioid Medication Overuse Headache in Chronic Migraine
Safety profile similar to other trials, with six in 10 sustaining medication overuse headache remission over six months
Lactated Ringer Solution Better Than Normal Saline for Sickle Cell Pain Crises
Findings seen for patients receiving ≥2 L on day 1 of inpatient stay
Prevalence of Anxiety, Depression Explored in Youth With Chronic Pain
Of those with chronic pain in a recent study, 34.6 percent had anxiety diagnoses and 12.2 percent had depression diagnoses
Rx Up for Stimulants and Antidepressants, Down for Opioids, 2019 to 2022
Proportion of telehealth prescriptions climbed across medications
Abdominal Adipose Tissue Linked to Musculoskeletal Pain
In both men and women, higher levels of adipose tissue were associated with increased odds of reporting chronic pain
Palliative Low-Dose Radiotherapy Improves Pain in Hepatic Cancer
Improvement in hepatic pain seen in 67 percent of patients receiving radiotherapy plus best supportive care
Ruling Out Other Conditions Needed With Suspected Interstitial Cystitis
Specifically, bladder tumors and tuberculosis need to be ruled out