Ankle Sprain Treatment in the ED: Pain Med Trends Examined
Overall, opioids were found to have accounted for the majority of medications used in the ED and prescribed at discharge.
Narcotic Analgesics
Case Report: Pain Med Dose Linked to Patient’s Sleepwalking
The patient, who had suffered a traumatic brain injury approximately 8 months prior, presented to the emergency department complaining of increasing dizziness as well as sleepwalking frequency.
Recreational Substance Use Linked to Premature Atherosclerotic CVD
Independent associations seen for use of tobacco, alcohol, cocaine, amphetamine, cannabis, other drugs, with stronger links for women
MPR Weekly Dose Podcast 69
An FDA warning to pharma company regarding their promo material; Entresto’s approval is expanded; There’s approvals in homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia and chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy; And a migraine device is OK’d for teens.
Opioid Use in Early Pregnancy Not Tied to Most Birth Defects
Second study shows no association for use of macrolides during pregnancy with increase in major birth defects.
FDA Issues Warning Letter for Misleading Promotion of Opioid Analgesic Dsuvia
The Company will have 15 days from the date of receipt of the letter to address these concerns and provide the Agency with a plan of action.
Expert Perspective: The Opioid Crisis and COVID-19
To learn more about the overlapping crises of the opioid epidemic and the COVID-19 pandemic, Psychiatry Advisor interviewed pain specialist Paul J. Christo, MD, MBA, the Director of the Multidisciplinary Pain Fellowship Program at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland.
Study Examines Patient Perceptions of Marijuana as Glaucoma Treatment
Research shows patients with glaucoma are likely to encounter conflicting opinions on marijuana’s role in glaucoma therapy, especially from dispensaries.
Chronic Pain Patients Taking Opioids Have Hard Time Finding Care
Patients with history suggestive of aberrant opioid use have even harder time getting an appointment
Opioid-Minimizing Pain Management Feasible for Trauma Patients
MAST MMPR regimen includes oral acetaminophen, naproxen, gabapentin, lidocaine patches, and as-needed opioids
