Fentanyl overdose deaths in ‘steep decline’ years before GP prescribing crackdown
Deaths from fentanyl overdoses in Australia were in steep decline well before the TGA and PBS clamped down on GP prescriptions, new research reveals. A…
Tag: Pain
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…
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…
‘Growing pains’ may not be a real diagnosis, warn researchers
A University of Sydney study suggests the condition is a misnomer, not a diagnosis, and could delay identification of the real reason for childrenâ…
Tapentadol poisonings on the rise as scripts surge
Off-label prescribing is thought to be driving a rise in prescriptions in hospitals.
What’s behind this painful eye and darkened iris?
An 89-year-old man presents with a three day history of a red, painful right eye. Test your clinical know-how by taking the quiz below. If…
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.
