The American Geriatrics Society (AGS) released new guidelines from their Annual Scientific Meeting in Chicago, IL. addressing the pharmacological management of persistent pain in older persons. Clicca qui per leggere l’articolo completo.
Injection to relax muscle spasms carries severe risks, agency says Reports of deaths among people using popular anti-wrinkle injections such as Botox to treat muscle spasms have prompted a change in labeling.
Le statine sono potenzialmente degli eccellenti candidati per la terapia nei pazienti con artrite reumatoide (AR). Esse riducono sia il rischio cardiovascolare che l’attività della patologia reumatica.
Researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem have found a way to maintain the pain-killing qualities of morphine over an extended period of time, thus providing a solution for the problem of having to administer increasing dosages of the drug in order to retain its effectiveness.
Discovery That Our Brains Make Proteins That Act Directly On Marijuana Receptors May Lead To Improved Pain Management U.S. and Brazilian scientists have just proven that one of Bob Dylan’s most famous lines – “everybody must get stoned” – is correct. That’s because they’ve discovered that the brain manufactures proteins that act like marijuana at [...]
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Medical News Today (04/2010): What Is Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS)? What Causes Complex Regional Pain Syndrome?
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ROCHESTER, NY — Oxycodone is effective for treating postherpetic neuralgia, according to a study published in the April issue of the journal Pain. The study is one of the first to carefully evaluate different methods to relieve pain during a course of shingles, which many patients say causes the worst pain they have ever experienced.
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Opioids have been used for medicinal and analgesic purposes for millennia, and today remain a critical part of the medical armamentarium against pain, diarrhea, cough, and other symptoms. Unfortunately, although barely discussed in the modern medical lexicon, opioids have negative effects on the endocrine system, which have been observed for at least a century. These [...]
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Le donne che soffrono di emicrania possono essere esposte ad un aumento del rischio di ictus ed altre patologie vascolari in gravidanza. Le patologie associate alle emicranie attive o in peggioramento durante la gravidanza sono scarsamente comprese. E’ stato riconosciuto di recente che l’emicrania possa essere associata alla preeclampsia, una delle patologie ipertensive della gravidanza, [...]
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Lumbar disc degeneration is an uncomfortable condition that affects millions of people, but two University of Alberta researchers have identified some of the genes that are causing problems.
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