July 03, 2012
For most patients who have had low back pain for less than 6 weeks, there is little need for imaging studies.
June 08, 2012
Chronic pain management in the elderly is complex. Safe and effective use of analgesic medications in geriatric patients requires risk-benefit analysis.
May 23, 2012
Medication overuse headache can result from overuse of any drug to abort acute headache. Discontinuation is the only effective treatment and is difficult.
April 03, 2012
March 15, 2012
February 29, 2012
Given that pain following surgery is predictable, one might assume we know a lot about optimal analgesia and management. A meta-analysis of Cochrane Reviews, however, reveals that we still have a lot to learn. Read more, here.
February 24, 2012
There is an old saying in real estate that the 3 most important features about a property for sale are “location, location, and location.” In medicine, an equivalent aphorism for the best way to avoid legal problems is “document, document, and document.”
February 14, 2012
February 02, 2012
There is no doubt that because the number of cases of diabetes is rapidly growing in this country, so is the number of patients with diabetic neuropathic pain. Thus any new recommendations for improving treatment of DNP are welcome. However. . .