Rethink antidepressants for chronic pain, Aus researchers say
Most antidepressants offer little or no benefit when prescribed off label for chronic pain, with only the use of SNRIs supported by moderate-certainty evidence, according…
Tag: Pain management
An overdose of the ‘American dream’: Australia’s sledgehammer approach to pain management
It was almost a decade ago and I had recently arrived in Australia and was focusing on learning the ropes of a new healthcare system.…
Study questions efficacy of spinal cord stimulation for pain
Spinal cord stimulation for post-surgery chronic radicular pain is no better than placebo and of “questionable benefit” outside of clinical trials, neurosurgeons say. The Norwegian…
Doctors warn against TGA ‘overreach’ in paracetamol crackdown
Doctors have warned the TGA that a blanket ban on teenagers buying paracetamol would be an overreaction, potentially undermining appropriate use of the common analgesic. The…
My patient swears colchicine is a panacea for her three painful conditions
My patient is no stranger to pain, but it seems that, over our past couple of visits, I have eliminated or mitigated all her painful…
Pain management in chronic kidney disease
Joan is a 77-year-old woman with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction, orthostatic hypotension, central adiposity, and chronic kidney disease stage 3B without albuminuria. She…
TGA expected to make long-acting paracetamol S4 after pharmacies fail to stop harms
Modified-release paracetamol could become a prescription-only S4 drug in response to surging suicide attempts and self-harm, with the TGA to decide on the potential move…
GPs urged to conduct psychosocial checks on patients with low back pain
GPs seeing patients with low back pain are advised to carry out a psychosocial assessment for each new presentation, according to the first nationally published…
Fools rush in where angels fear to tread – how the pharmacy guild failed on chronic pain
Turns out chronic pain MedsCheck is an intervention few pharmacists want to deliver, and few patients want to be involved with. Another multi-million dollar pharmacy…
Patients using medical cannabis soar fourfold in the US: study
PTSD is now the second most common reason behind pain for cannabis to be dispensed, researchers find.
