A trend towards less pain, functional interference and drowsiness, and improved patient satisfaction exists in patients who received continuous intravenous (IV) lidocaine treatment perioperatively, according to preliminary data from an ongoing, prospective, matched cohort, quality improvement study presented at the American Pain Society’s 31st Annual Scientific Meeting.
Fentanyl sublingual spray is generally safe and well tolerated for long-term use in opioid-tolerant patients with cancer for the treatment of breakthrough pain, study investigators at the American Pain Society’s 31st Annual Scientific Meeting reported.
Compared with previous medications for breakthrough cancer pain, use of fentanyl sublingual spray significantly improved patient satisfaction, a study presented at the American Pain Society’s 31st Annual Scientific Meeting has concluded.
Naproxen significantly improved pain relief following arthroscopic surgery and reduced opioid utilization with no evidence of increased risk of adverse events, reported Evan Ekman, MD from Southern Orthopaedic Sports Medicine, Columbia, SC, at the American Pain Society’s 31st Annual Scientific Meeting.
Minimal systemic distribution of topical diclofenac sodium gel resulted in a lower incidence of major or moderate drug-drug interactions associated with oral diclofenac and reduced the risk of drug interaction-related adverse events. Study results were reported by Matthew Wieman, MD, from Endo Pharmaceuticals, John H. Peniston, DO, from Novartis Consumer Health, and colleagues at the American Pain Society’s 31st Annual Scientific Meeting.
Abuse of oxycodone HCl controlled release (OxyContin) declined by 49% among individuals being assessed for substance abuse problems in the first 11 months after introduction of reformulated tablets (ORF), a study presented during the American Pain Society’s 31st Annual Scientific Meeting has shown.
Study investigators presented data from the UPLOAD (Understanding Pain & Limitations in OsteoArthritic Disease) study at the American Pain Society’s 31st Annual Scientific Meeting demonstrating that hydroxyvitamin D levels <25ng/mL were associated with an increase in osteoarthritis (OA) symptoms and a decreased threshold for pressure pain.
A nano-formulated, lower dose formulation of oral diclofenac may provide clinical benefit in relief of mild to moderate acute pain, results of a Phase 2 randomized trial presented during the American Pain Society’s 31st Annual Scientific Meeting have shown.
The percentage of patients in community-practice settings who newly initiate opioid therapy while taking gabapentin and pregabalin for postherpetic neuralgia suggest these agents should be titrated to higher and potentially more effective dosages, a study presented at the American Pain Society’s 31st Annual Scientific Meeting has found.
A randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind study evaluating OROS hydromorphone ER for reducing moderate-to-severe osteoarthritis (OA) pain showed that though the treatment is effective in treating chronic OA, it failed to demonstrate sustained efficacy vs. placebo + rescue medication, “perhaps due to higher use of rescue medication in the latter group,” investigators concluded during a presentation at the American Pain Society’s 31st Annual Scientific Meeting.
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