FDA Warns Websites Marketing Unapproved Opioids
As part of comprehensive effort to target online sales, networks operating 53 sites received warnings
CDC: Invasive MRSA More Likely Among Injection Drug Users
From 2011 to 2016, increase in invasive MRSA cases from 4.1 to 9.2 percent among injection drug users
Factors ID’d for Persistent Opioid Use After Pediatric Surgery
Findings in patients undergoing cytoreductive surgery with hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemo
CDC: Prevalence of No Insurance Varies by Occupational Groups
Significant drop in prevalence of uninsured from 2013 to 2014; variation by occupation in both years
Online Consumer Ratings of Physicians Tend to Be Skewed
Ratings also differ significantly by specialty group
Benefit of Liposomal Bupivacaine for Pain in TKA Questioned
No clinically relevant reduction in inpatient opioid use, costs for patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty
Studies ID Impact of U.S. Opioid-Related Mortality, Rx Patterns
Burden of deaths up; most patients receiving opioid analgesics use immediate-release formulations
May 2018 Briefing – Pain Management
Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in Pain Management for May 2018. This roundup includes the...
Multisensory Interventions Cut Pain in Preterm Infant Eye Exams
Combo of topical anesthetic plus sweet taste cuts pain response in preterm infants
Galcanezumab Beats Placebo for Episodic Migraine
Treatment with 120- or 240-mg galcanezumab linked to reduction in migraine days versus placebo
