Primary Viewpoints Episode 7: Antidepressants for Back Pain, Osteoarthritis Pain

New pain management guidelines suggest use of buprenorphine as a potentially "safer" opioid analgesic for chronic pain when there are no reasonable alternatives.

"Primary Viewpoints," a podcast from Patient Care Online, brings you an exclusive interview with Lynn Webster, MD, past president of the American Academy of Pain Medicine.

Shorter office visit length increased risk for inappropriate antibiotic prescribing, coprescribing of opioids and benzodiazepines, and potentially harmful prescriptions for seniors.

Nitrous oxides were found to be the most damaging to bone architecture in the first study to look at the pollution-BMD association in postmenopausal women.

A statin tops the list of most commonly prescribed Medicare drugs in most states. But in Alabama, it's Vicoodin, and the number of prescriptions written there exceeds the other 49 states.