NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Even patients with severe migraine and tension-type headache may find relief with an over-the-counter analgesic that combines aspirin, acetaminophen and caffeine, according to…
Yaw Donkoh, MD, of the American Academy of Pain Medicine, discusses what pain medicine is, what type of practitioners practice it and what’s hot in the field. For…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The response of adolescents with migraine to treatment with combination sumatriptan and naproxen sodium is similar to that seen in adults, with no…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A 4-year placebo-controlled trial of alpha-lipoic acid to treat diabetes-related polyneuropathy produced no improvement in the study’s composite endpoint, but there were clinically…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Patients with arthritis acknowledge having thoughts of suicide twice as often as people without arthritis, researchers report. “Suicidal ideation is prevalent among adults…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Pediatric patients undergoing minor but painful procedures experience significantly less pain when given inhaled nitrous oxide, according to the results of a randomized…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) -In the emergency department, a standardized protocol of hydromorphone administration is more efficacious than usual care for controlling acute severe pain, a team at…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In children undergoing tonsillectomy, preoperative injection of lidocaine plus bupivacaine, with or without clonidine, does not reduce the use of analgesics in the…
