More than 30 pain medicine societies are calling on The BMJ to retract a clinical practice guideline that advises against interventional procedures for chronic spine…
Only 10% of non-interventional treatments for lower back pain are likely to provide any relief, and those effects are small, a systematic review has found.…
Actual days per month with migraine symptoms is a better target for treatment success than the long-accepted standard of a 50% reduction in migraine days,…
Pain medicine is what I do every day. The art of pain management is difficult, and the journey is long. When it comes to spinal…
Dr Fraser Bliesner has experienced first hand the miraculous impact of a pain team after a shocking 10m fall onto concrete just weeks before he…
Tapentadol has overtaken oxycodone as the most prescribed opioid in Australia, according to research that shows its use increased fivefold between 2015 and 2022. The…
The risk of internal bleeding doubles if patients on oral anticoagulants for VTE also take an NSAID, research suggests. The first large-scale study of its…
Doctors have been warned to “brace themselves” for the findings from an inquiry into women’s pain that is said to have unearthed stories of misogyny…
Antidepressants are widely prescribed to patients aged 65 and older for chronic pain but there is little evidence of benefits, Australian researchers say. Their meta-analysis…
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