Pain Management

If the goal of headache therapy for adolescent migraineurs is a pain-free adult life, here's a road map.

Terms such as "opioid McCarthyism" and "witch hunt" were used to express frustration with current opioid regulatory efforts.

From PAINWeek 2017: Reflex vasodilation is out, neurobiologic dysfunction is in as explanation for migraine etiology.

An early session at PAINWeek 2017 addressed prescriber fear as regulatory agencies "pile on" across overlapping jurisdictions.

What Rx for adolescent migraineurs? Ideal care for menstrual migraine? Perfect patient for new CGRP inhibitors? Answers in this PCP Special Report.

More effective vs placebo? Less effective than opioids? Equally as potent as APAP? What’s true and what false about NSAIDs?

Do you know myth from fact about recent patterns of US opioid prescribing? Find out with these 10 statements.

Slide Show: FDA drug approvals in the second quarter 2017 included these 10 for conditions seen in the primary care setting.

Test your knowledge of the safety events that have occurred involving FDA-approved drugs since the turn of the century.

The most common chronic pain conditions primary care physicians are likely to encounter are highlighted here.

Death from an opioid-related overdose is increasingly common. Take this brief quiz to test your knowledge of the latest research findings.

A second opioid Rx doubles the risk of opioid use at 1 year. This short slide show highlights more findings from studies into epidemic opioid misuse and abuse.

Take this quick quiz to test your knowledge of new clinical decision making tools and ideas.

What factors surrounding a first prescription for opioids influence length of opioid use by the patient? Two new studies begin to answer the question.

An array of new tools, perspectives, and guidelines to help navigate the gray areas have been reported in recent days.

Click through this slide summary for a look at some of the more significant approvals so far for primary care.

The update includes a nod to tai chi as a nondrug intervention and further supports acupuncture. But even new research falls short in 2 important ways.

The report contains a vast amount of information but overlooks some important issues.

The "black box" warns of known dangers linked to combined use of the products and will appear on labels of more than 400 products.

Up to 10% of the US population experiences neuropathic pain from common conditions seen in primary care. Get current with diagnosis and treatment.

Do you know the myths from the facts about opioid analgesics? Click through these 10 statements and find out.

Low back pain and headache very often are seen first in primary care. Get a quick update on red flags, diagnosis, management, and referral.

Back pain, headache, neuropathy, depression--primary care sees it all. Get current on when and how to treat the most common types of chronic pain.

Opioid prescribing is rarely straightforward. The well respected Opioid Calculator from colleagues "down under" has simplification and safety built in.

Antidepressant classes once considered "adjuvant" analgesics now are first-line therapy for various pain conditions. Test yourself!