Posts Tagged ‘pain’
Surgery To Repair Torn Shoulder Muscles In The Elderly Can Reduce Pain And Improve Function
Repairing torn shoulder muscles in elderly patients is often discouraged because of fears of complications. But a new study conducted at Rush University Medical Center has shown that minimally invasive, or arthroscopic, surgery can significantly improve pain and function…
BEMA Buprenorphine Phase 2 Study Results Selected For Presentation At Pain Week 2010
BioDelivery Sciences International, Inc. (Nasdaq:BDSI) announced today that its abstract showing the results of a Phase 2 clinical study of BEMA Buprenorphine in the treatment of pain has been selected for oral presentation at Pain Week 2010, a national conference educating frontline clinicians who are faced with treating patients with pain…
QRxPharma To Sponsor Symposium At 13th World Congress On Pain Meeting
QRxPharma (ASX: QRX and OTCQX: QRXPY) announced it will sponsor a symposium at the 13th World Congress of Pain on 31 August, 2010 at Palais des congres de Montreal. The symposium, titled “Dual Opioid Therapy: Changing the Paradigm” will focus on preclinical and clinical data for MoxDuo®IR, an immediate-release Dual Opioid product for moderate to severe acute pain…
Smoked medical cannabis may be beneficial as treatment for chronic neuropathic pain, study suggests
The medicinal use of cannabis has been debated by clinicians, researchers, legislators and the public at large for many years as an alternative to standard pharmaceutical treatments for pain, which may not always be effective and may have unwanted side effects. A new study provides evidence that cannabis may offer relief to patients suffering from chronic neuropathic pain.
American Pain Foundation Calls On Health Care Providers, Regulators And Policy Makers To Abolish The Undertreatment Of Pain
The American Pain Foundation (APF), the nation’s largest consumer advocacy organization for people in pain, released a position statement imploring the medical community, regulators and concerned stakeholders to reaffirm their ethical commitment to the 76…
Playing With Pain Can Ruin Your Tennis Game
Foot pain began affecting Donna’s tennis game, and she was determined not to let it keep her from the sport she loved. The 47-year-old avid tennis player from Arizona tried to play through the pain and rest her feet between matches. But when the pain became too much, and even started affecting her everyday activities, she made an appointment with a foot and ankle surgeon…
InSite Vision Commences Phase 1/2 Clinical Study Of ISV-303 For Post-Surgical Ocular Pain And Swelling
InSite Vision Incorporated (OTCBB:INSV), a company developing novel ophthalmic therapeutics, announced the initiation of a Phase 1/2 clinical trial of ISV-303, a topical anti-inflammatory product intended to reduce the pain and inflammation associated with ocular surgery…
Study Reports Exercise Outcomes For War Vets’ Muscle Pain
Since returning home, some 100,000 veterans from the first Gulf War have reported chronic musculoskeletal pain (CMP) similar to fibromyalgia, and a new study in The Journal of Pain, published by the American Pain Society, shows that acute exercise can exacerbate the pain but long-term exercise has the opposite outcome and reduces it. Researchers from Middleton Memorial Hospital in Madison, Wis…
Cymbalta (Duloxetine HCl) Approved By FDA Advisory Committee For Expanded Pain Indications
The Anesthetic and Life Support Drugs Advisory Committee which advises the FDA on whether to approve new drugs or alter their indications, has voted 8-6 in favor of expanding pain indications for Cymbalta (duloxetine HCl). The Committee’s decision is not final – the FDA has to decide – however, the FDA usually goes along with what the Committee recommends…
Black Patients, Women Miss Out On Strongest Medications For Chronic Pain
Black patients are prescribed fewer pain medications than whites and few women receive medications strong enough to manage their chronic pain, according to a study in the August issue of Journal of Pain. University of Michigan Health System researchers studied nearly 200 patients with chronic pain who sought help from a specialty pain center…
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