19 Apr FDA on verge of approving Marijuana based drug for seizures in children
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18 Apr Women with endometriosis quietly turning to cannabis for pain relief | Newshub
This condition can often go unnoticed in primary and secondary care. Clinicians have to actively search for it.A common cause of chronic abdominal pain. — Read on www.newshub.co.nz/home/health/2018/04/women-with-endometriosis-quietly-turning-to-cannabis-for-pain-relief.html...
14 Apr Main metaphors reifying Pain
An independent entity As something the ruptures, shatters or rips apart the body As something that burns As a colour As a weight ...
14 Apr Metaphors for Pain
Reading a really interesting book. The Story of Pain - J Bourke. Gives fascinating examples of language used by patients over the ages, to describe Pain. Saw a patient with Gout yesterday as so this description was apt;"Put your toe in a vice; turn the...
07 Apr Defining Pain Chronification
An interesting discussion around nomenclature and definitions of chronicity in chronic pain patients.www.practicalpainmanagement.com/resources/news-and-research/defining-pain-chronification...
07 Apr How to Address Fibromyalgia to Improve Sleep Disorder Treatments – Sleep Review
A useful article detailing the problems fibromyalgia patients have with sleep. Sleep disorders are extremely common in patients who have chronic diseases.— Read on www.sleepreviewmag.com/2018/04/fibromyalgia-improve-sleep-disorder-treatments/...
02 Apr Marijuana’s History: How One Plant Spread Through the World
A useful succinct summary. Source: Marijuana's History: How One Plant Spread Through the World...
31 Mar Acute Pain Treatment in the ED: Consensus Guidelines
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...
23 Mar Low Back Pain: Contributing Factors, Prophylactic Strategies, and Effective Treatments
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...
23 Mar I used the search term ‘Fibromyalgia’
https://cochranelibrary-wiley.com/cochranelibrary/search/...