A panel of emergency medicine and pharmacology experts formulated guidelines for safely and effectively treating patients presenting to the emergency department with acute pain. — Read on www.clinicalpainadvisor.com/acute-pain/acute-pain-treatment-emergency-department-opioids-nonopioids-nonpharmacologic-guidelines/article/754484/ - TBF, in the UK, treatment of acute pain in A&E tends to be variable. Often the strongest analgesia...
A Lancet series of articles outlines the array of factors that contribute to low back pain and presents effective prophylactic strategies and treatment options for the condition. — Read on www.clinicalpainadvisor.com/low-back-pain/low-back-pain-lancet-working-group-contributing-factors-prophylactic-strategies-treatment-options/article/752588/ - Succinct summary article on the Lancet series #LBP...
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Many physicians have outdated knowledge regarding cannabis and don’t know how to counsel patients about its risks, says a new report that goes on to suggest important talking points. — Read on www.medscape.com/viewarticle/893187 This article starts to highlight some of risks of cannabis / marijuana use....
This robust study by Fayaz et al. (2016) states the estimated prevalence of Chronic Pain to be 43%. That equates to just under 28 million. That is a massive socioeconomic burden. https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/6/6/e010364...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-43485851 Useful, cheap and safe therapy...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-43469300 The message is finally starting to come through....
NHS accused of fuelling rise in opioid addiction - BBC News — Read on www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/uk-england-43304375...
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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29461346 This small study of 26 patients concluded that medicinal cannabis had favourable outcomes and minimal side effects....