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Chronic Burning and Pain, But Is It Burning Mouth Syndrome?
Not all burning mouths are the result of a medical condition known as “burning mouth syndrome” (BMS) and physicians and researchers need better standards for...
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| naloxone
Legal Mandates and Naloxone—Benefits of Coprescription Laws
...researchers...examined whether legal mandates on naloxone coprescription in certain states increased naloxone dispensing.
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Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome Worse With Benzodiazepine Exposure
Babies born after being exposed to both opioids and benzodiazepines before birth are more likely to have severe drug withdrawal, requiring medications like morphine for...
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| neurology
Hand-Holding “Supportive Touch” Leads to Less Pain
Holding hands with a romantic partner – a form of "supportive touch" – reduces pain-specific signal in the brain of women during a painful procedure...
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| virtual reality
Technology: See, Map Pain in Brain with Augmented Reality?
Many patients, especially those who are anesthetized or emotionally challenged, cannot communicate precisely about their pain. For this reason, University of Michigan researchers have developed...
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| abuse
Treating Pain and Reducing Overprescribing Through Education
Orthopaedic surgeons are the third-highest physician prescribers of opioids, writing more than 6 million prescriptions a year. Because over-dispensing of opioids is a factor...
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