Search results for "Pain Management"
Opioid abuse potential prompts monitoring role for internists
Opioids can be used safely for pain management in most patients, but for a small but significant percentage, there is a real chance of addiction and other harms. ... See “Internists don't need to defer treating pain “ for more on approaches to pain
May 2011
Opioids
wrote. The guidelines apply most directly to the treatment of chronic pain that lasts more than three months, or past the time of normal tissue healing. ... They do not encourage prescribing opioids over other pharmacological and nonpharmacological means
May 2017
More research needed on long-term opioids
https://acpinternist.org/archives/2015/04/editors.htm. This issue covers topics including opioid pain management, malnutrition, and ‘incidentalomas' during imaging. ... Charlotte Huff talks to pain management experts about ways to quantify pain, reduce
April 2015
Opioids
of prescription opioids with the need to ensure access to appropriate pain management for cancer patients and survivors. ... treatment of pain related to cancer and its treatment, thereby harming a vulnerable population,” according to the statement.
June 2016
Education
The three-day course, to be held Sept. 20-22 in Nashville, Tenn., will cover topics including prescribing for pain, challenges in pain management, pharmacology of commonly abused drugs, medical conditions
September 2012
Prescribe opioids, but with caution
Dr. Feely, who is an assistant professor of medicine at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., analyzed these issues during her talk “Pain Management: Strategies for Safe Prescribing” at Internal Medicine ... Opioid prescribing: a systematic review and
July 2015
Seeking clarity for opioid prescribing
taken by as many as 8 million Americans for long-term pain management. ... Long-term opioid management for chronic noncancer pain. Cochrane Database Syst Rev.
April 2015
FDA news
The new REMS plan focuses primarily on educating doctors about proper pain management, patient selection and other requirements, and improving patient awareness about how to use the drugs safely.
April 2011
Pain management
See the next story, “Opioids for nonmalignant pain have different adverse event profiles.”). ... The recent concerns raised about opioid use in nonmalignant pain syndromes appear warranted on the basis of these data.”.
December 2010
Building the medical home starts in school
Recently added content in the tool includes modules on managing patient medication and engaging patients, with additional modules on chronic pain management, adult immunization, and diabetes mellitus coming soon.
November 2011