Could this new device put an end to needle phobia?
The Australian developer first thought of the concept described as 'a band-aid on steroids' while working as a nurse.
Tag: Pain
Medicinal cannabis script approvals soar
Chronic pain continues to be the most common reason for approval requests by GPs: TGA data.
Fentanyl commonly prescribed with other opioids: GP data alert
The study, however, does not provide context on whether or not prescribing is appropriate, says Dr Evan Ackermann.
Coroner’s plea for stricter pregabalin monitoring after overdose death
Health officials have been criticised for refusing to add the drug to Victoria's script monitoring system.
‘Like a crash diet’: Why tapering opioids can go wrong
New research highlights the risks of tapering too quickly, says Associate Professor Michael Vagg.
Rapid tapering of opioids linked to overdose, suicidality
Patients need gradual reduction and close monitoring to avoid mental health crises, say the authors of an observational study.
Spike in opioid scripts ‘driving up deaths’
Australia has no co-ordinated national approach to overdose prevention despite 'enthusiastic' prescribing, addiction medicine specialists say.
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Doctor-shopper’s death sparks renewed warning over pregabalin
Three different GPs had prescribed the drug with repeats to the 37-year-old man, heard the Coroners Court of Victoria.
Antifungal eases vulvodynia, suggests pilot study
Itraconazole cut pain by 60% in women with fungus-culture-negative vulvodynia, report US researchers.
Are all these aches just mechanical?
Mitchell, a 43-year-old labourer, presents with 48 hours of worsening ache in the left lower back, hip and posterior thigh, as well as left leg wea…
