Study identifies factors associated with long-term opioid treatment of veteran patients
...g-term use of opioids for the treatment of chronic pain of nonmalignant [noncancerous] origin has been generally supported by specialists in pain management as a less than ideal but often necessary and humane course of treatment," according to ba...NSAIDs are of limited use for osteoarthritis
...chers in Norway analysed 23 trials to estimate the pain relieving effects of NSAIDs in patients with knee ...nalysis revealed that NSAIDs can reduce short term pain slightly better than placebo, but it does not support long term use of NSAIDs for this condition, sa...Surgery without the scapel: U. Va. Health System marks fifteenth anniversary of Gamma knife
...), pituitary tumors, epilepsy, movement disorders, pain from trigeminal neuralgia, obsessive-compulsive neurosis, dural malformations or uveal melanoma. Most patients can tolerate the Gamma Knife if they can tolerate a simple surgical procedure. They can also be treated at any age- from as young as ...Acupuncture better than drugs alone for osteoarthritis of the knee
.... The acupuncture group had a greater reduction in pain and stiffness, improved physical functioning and quality of life than the placebo group. Although the 12-week monitoring period may be insufficient to evaluate the effects of treatment in the medium term, acupuncture as a complementary therapy to dr...Pain relief could be easy with a simple injection
...f local anesthetic would be the best treatment for pain and reduce unnecessary risk and procedural costs. ...study, 20 patients suffering from complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) were given injections to examine the method's contribution "as prospective predictor...Prialt receives positive CHMP recommendation for intrathecal treatment of severe chronic pain
... be indicated for the treatment of severe, chronic pain in patients who require intrathecal (IT) analgesia...afety of IT Prialt in patients with severe chronic pain who were inadequately controlled by, or intolerant to, opioids. Prialt has been awarded orphan drug ...Ovarian cancer does have early warning signs, Mayo Clinic and Olmsted Medical Center find
...ients studied was crampy abdominal pain. Abdominal pain and urinary urgency, frequency or incontinence wer...ges III and IV cancer, the later stages, abdominal pain and increased abdominal girth were the most commonly documented symptoms. Fewer than 25 percent of t...NIH launches new study to compare prostate surgery and drugs
... shape, and ratio of various prostate tissues; and pain before, during and after surgery, among other parameters, will be tracked in search of characteristics predicting likely outcome and effectiveness of therapies. "Having a protocol to fit the man to the therapy without having to try each treatme...Subanalysis finds patient-controlled, transdermal pain management system may be comparable
...gery. This needle-free system for managing acute pain in the hospital setting is currently under review ...YS TM following major surgery experienced similar pain relief as that experienced with IV PCA morphine. This subanalysis focuses on the women in the study...New female sterilization technique not only quicker and easier for patients, but cheaper
...h also means less need for nursing care or ongoing pain control. Less expensive pharmacy charges -- this method requires fewer drugs to administer. The study was conducted retrospectively via a comparative cost analysis of the aforementioned two methods of female sterilization performed on women age...Generic anti-inflammatory causes significantly fewer GI complications than branded medications
DALLAS Nov. 11, 2004 People in search of pain relief who take the generic anti-inflammatory etod...s first released in the United States in 1991 as a pain reliever and arthritis treatment but has since gone off patent and is generically available. In the ...Morphine for chest pain increases death risk
...t with sufficient doses of nitroglycerin to relive pain before resorting to morphine. In their analysis of...der." Morphine was first used to relieve the chest pain associated with heart attacks in 1912 and has been used regularly ever since. Nitroglycerin has been...News tips for Wednesday, November 10, 2004
...variables age, gender, income, education and even pain intensity "failed to predict symptom appraisal." But emotion-cognitive variables anxiety, knowledge of heart attack symptoms, recognition of heart attack symptoms and perceived control accounted for "a significant proportion" of symptom appraisal...Following heart care guidelines saves lives
...symptoms of a possible heart attack, such as chest pain (unstable angina), irregular readings on an electrocardiograph or elevated chemical markers of cell death. The guidelines, adopted after large-scale clinical trials demonstrated the effectiveness of specific therapies in saving lives, focus on ...New study finds significant improvements in pelvic pain, depression after hysterectomy
...e lack of data on whether or not women with pelvic pain and or depression before hysterectomy improve in t...e significant improvements in self-reported pelvic pain and depression after hysterectomy. The study, which enrolled nearly 1,300 women, involved interviews...Taking a number of medications regularly could give you a serious headache
...e frequent use of headache medications to make the pain of a headache disappear could trigger chronic daily headache (CDH), according to recent commentary appearing in Headache Currents. Numerous studies have highlighted similar conclusions about the overuse of medication, giving further weight to the ex...Angioplasty, robotically assisted keyhole bypass combo appears effective
...tions, and patients recover more quickly with less pain and scarring. The procedure is for patients whose arteries are not suitable for angioplasty, a non-invasive procedure that uses a balloon catheter and a wire mesh stent to widen, then prop open blocked blood vessels. "The hybrid approach has been rep...Lung cancer specialist calls for cash to beat 'Cinderella' disease
...gns of inflammation -- redness, heat, swelling and pain --represent the close relationships between cancer and inflammation which have shaped my research. They symbolise the reasons why I came to Edinburgh, linking together my research interests in lung cancer and my work at the MRC Centre for Inflammatio...Women wait longer for emergency heart treatment
..." symptoms of heart attack, such as crushing chest pain and left arm pain. They may also be more likely to attribute those symptoms to something other than a heart attack, in part because they don't realize their own risk for a heart attack. "Contrary to what our society seems to think, heart......t attack in women compared to stable angina, chest pain experienced upon exertion. Also see Abstract 2327 (9 a.m.) for a report saying a higher death rate among women than men having PCI for heart attack may be secondary to other, non-gender-related factors such as older age, higher hemodynamic instabili...