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New, Targeted Pain Medicine Delivery Systems May Reduce Costs Long Term; Cost To Treat Pain Varies Significantly By Chronic Pain Condition
Estimates of pain care treatment costs exceed $1 billion annually in the United States. Today at the American Academy of Pain Medicine’s 26th Annual Meeting two abstracts looked at the issue. One evaluated intrathecal drug delivery (a targeted medicine delivery system) that could save costs over time. The other analyzed the differences between the costs of treatment for chronic pain treatments…
Salt Lake City Medical Research Center Tests New Drug To Treat Painful Menstrual Cramps
A leading clinical research center in Salt Lake City has joined an international trial program to test an experimental new drug designed to treat painful menstrual cramps, or dysmenorrhea, a condition that affects between 45 and 90 percent of women of childbearing age in the United States…
SUMAVEL(TM) DosePro(TM) Available In The United States To Treat Acute Migraine And Cluster Headaches
Zogenix, Inc. (“Zogenix”), a privately held pharmaceutical company, and Astellas Pharma U.S., Inc. (“Astellas”) announced the U.S. commercial launch of SUMAVEL? DosePro? (sumatriptan injection) needle-free delivery system. In July 2009, the U.S…
New Tools Use Light To Turn Off Brain Cells And Possibly Treat Brain Disorders
Neuroscientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have developed a powerful new class of tools to reversibly shut down brain activity using different colors of light. When targeted to specific neurons, they could potentially lead to new treatments for abnormal brain activity associated with disorders including chronic pain, epilepsy, brain injury and Parkinson’s disease…
Ultrasound-guided cortisone injections may help treat severe hip pain
Ultrasound-guided cortisone injections may be an effective treatment method for gluteus medius tendinopathy, a common, painful condition caused by an injury to the tendons in the buttocks that typically affects middle-aged to elderly women and young active individuals, according to a new study.
New approach to treat lower back pain unveiled
Using a branch of science that crosses disciplines to study complex problems, a researcher is introducing a new way to understand and treat lower back pain, a condition affecting more than 40 million Americans and costing billions of dollars each year.
Your own stem cells can treat heart disease, study suggests
The largest national stem cell study for heart disease showed the first evidence that transplanting a potent form of adult stem cells into the heart muscle of patients with severe angina results in less pain and an improved ability to walk. They also experienced fewer deaths than those who didn’t receive stem cells. The stem cells were injected in an effort to spur the growth of small blood vessels in the heart muscle.
Abbott To Acquire Novel Investigational Biologic To Treat Chronic Pain
Abbott announced today a definitive agreement to acquire the global rights to PanGenetics BV’s PG110 fully humanized antibody to Nerve Growth Factor (NGF), expanding the company’s pain care portfolio and leveraging its expertise in biologics. PG110 is a novel biologic in Phase I clinical trial development that targets NGF for the treatment of chronic pain.
A New Service For Health Care Providers Who Prescribe Methadone To Treat Chronic Pain Or Opioid Addiction
A new service for health care providers prescribing methadone to treat chronic pain or opioid addiction — the Physician Clinical Support System for Methadone (PCCS-M) — opens this week with a mechanism to connect prescribers of methadone with experienced clinicians for one-to-one mentoring regarding the use of this medication.
Elbit Imaging Ltd. Announces Swiss Team Uses InSightec’s ExAblate(R) 4000 Brain System To Treat Patients With Functional Brain Disorders
Elbit Imaging Ltd. (TASE: EMIT, Nasdaq: EMITF), announced that, its subsidiary (in which EI holds indirectly approximately 58.34%, InSightec Ltd., announced that a team at the University Children’s Hospital Zurich has completed a feasibility study testing the use of non-invasive transcranial MR-guided focused ultrasound surgery (TcMRgFUS) for the treatment of neuropathic pain.
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