Celecoxib Lowers Opioid Use Post Head & Neck Cancer Surgery
Decreased opioid use seen after head and neck cancer surgery with free tissue reconstruction
Eight Factors Predict Pain After Spine Surgery
Post-op pain strongly linked to number of classes of non-opioid analgesics used, remifentanil use
Study Finds 31 Percent Use No Opioids After Surgery
At discharge, 92.2 percent of patients received an opioid prescription; nearly 63 percent unused
Medical Cannabis Not Recommended for Sleep Apnea
American Academy of Sleep Medicine says evidence insufficient to recommend cannabis for apnea
FDA Approves First Drug for Rare Form of Rickets
Crysvita approved for adults and children ages 1 year and older with x-linked hypophosphatemia
Less Pain Post TKA With Addition of Peripheral Nerve Blocks
Lower numeric rating scale pain scores on ambulation on postoperative days zero, one, and two
AAN: New Drug May Help Infants With Spinal Muscular Atrophy
RG7916 increases survival motor neuron protein level, with 6.5-fold increase noted with highest dose
AAN: Erenumab Shows Promise for Hard-to-Treat Migraine
Higher proportion of patients achieved a ≥50 percent reduction in mean monthly migraine days
Adults Using Benzodiazepines More Likely to Receive Opioid Rx
Increase in new opioid prescriptions for U.S. adults using benzodiazepines stopped in 2010
Opioids Tied to Adverse Outcomes in Hemodialysis Patients
Increased risks of altered mental status, falls, and fractures; risk present even at low doses of opioids
