The FDA released the use of a new Cefaly® medical device for the acute treatment of migraine, with or without aura, in patients 18 years of age or older.
https://prnmedia.prnewswire.com/news-releases/446420463.html?tc=PRNJ_email_html_abstract
CVS To Limit Opioid Prescriptions To 7 Days For New Patients
As part of CVS’s commitment to fighting the national opioid abuse epidemic, CVS is:
- limiting to seven days the supply of opioids dispensed for certain acute prescriptions for patients who are new to therapy;
- limiting the daily dosage of opioids dispensed based on the strength of the opioid; and
- requiring the use of immediate-release formulations of opioids before extended-release opioids are dispensed.
Chronic Pain As A Global Health Issue
This authors suggest that chronic pain should be considered a global health priority as 1 in 5 people suffer from some form of long term pain. Arthritis, nerve damage, and cancer pain are the leading causes of chronic pain.
Pain as a global public health priority
- Daniel S Goldberg and Summer J McGee
BMC Public Health201111:770
Virtual Reality for Pain Relief: Is It More Than Just Distraction?
Dr. Anita Gupta of the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University in New Jersey, has written in the journal Pain Medicine that “in addition to distraction, there are novel mechanisms for VR treatment in pain, such as producing neurophysiologic changes related to conditioning and exposure therapies.”
Medtronic Broadens Pain Relief Portfolio
Medtronic announces the U.S. launch of the Intellis platform for management of certain types of chronic intractable pain which can be managed on the Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 tablet interface.
https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/medtronic-advances-pain-therapy-u-134001010.html
Multiple Federal Agencies Partner To Study Pain Relief
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the U.S. Department of Defense, and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs are focusing on finding solutions to chronic pain in veterans. Twelve research projects will be funded, several of which have been awarded.
What’s Wrong With Lady Gaga?
Lady Gaga has had to cancel a recent tour to Brazil citing severe pain. She has written about her struggles with fibromyalgia in the past.
https://pitchfork.com/news/lady-gaga-hospitalized-im-in-severe-pain/
Adverse Effects of Opioids Increase In Hospitalized US Children
A presentation at the American Academy of Pediatrics this week discusses the increase in adverse effects of opioids among hospitalized children, with withdrawal symptoms being the most common.
http://www.aappublications.org/news/2017/09/15/NCEOpioidHospital091517
“Holistic, Multimodal” approach to acute pain treatment in opioid dependent patients
Coleen Dever, MSN, AGCNS-BC, CEN, TRCN, of Christiana Care Health System, Wilmington, Del reviews the management of acute pain in patients already addicted to opioids.
September/October Journal of Trauma Nursing, official publication of the Society of Trauma Nurses.
Study Discusses Alternative For Post-Operative Pain from Knee Replacement
Conclusion of study: “Periarticular infiltration is a viable and safe alternative to femoral nerve block for the early post-operative relief of pain following TKA”
(TKA – total knee arthroplasty).
Cite this article: Bone Joint J 2017;99-B:904–11.