PainWeek 2013

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Lidocaine patches are being widely used to treat certain types of pain for which they were not approved despite a lack of efficacy evidence, said James D. Ray, PharmD in a session at PAINWeek 2013 titled, “Topical and Transdermal Analgesics.”

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Hypnosis can be an effective tool for relieving pain, even the extreme pain associated with burn wound debridement, says David R. Patterson, PhD, Professor in the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine at the University Washington, Seattle at PAINWeek 2013.