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Pain is common in the aging population. Findings from an NIH funded study looking at the impact on pain in the older adult found that over 50% of people surveyed had pain within the last month, often in more than one location. Is this generation of older baby boomers self-medicating with marijuana...
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An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. In headache management, that prevention often equals lifestyle modification. Drs. Nina Riggins and Larry Charleston IV, headache specialists, discuss.
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The prescribing of chronic opioid therapy to patients who contemplate or are already using marijuana, whether medical or recreational, sets up the perfect storm for medical decision-making and risk management conundrums, especially in the current environment of opioid related hospital admissions and...
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Despite the widespread acceptance of medicinal and recreational cannabis use internationally and domestically, marijuana remains federally illegal in the United States. For this reason, there are significant legal implications to clinical practice. But what about endocannabinoid deficiency syndrome...
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What are the best approaches for tamper resistance? How do they work? And how can practitioners best learn about and understand the newest methods of resistance? Dr. Beatrice Setnik, an Adjunct Professor at the University of Toronto Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, shares her knowledge.
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Genitourinary syndrome of menopause (GSM) is a term used to describe what was formerly known as vaginal atrophy, atrophic vaginitis, or urogenital atrophy. Although GSM-like symptoms occur in 15% of premenopausal women and 40% to 54% of postmenopausal women, the condition is associated with social...
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Can pain management coaching become a standard of care? What does Take Courage Coaching founder Becky Curtis wish for the future? What does she wish she had known in her own past?
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The healthcare community is at a crossroads as the opioid crisis rages in America – how to provide effective pain management while preventing opioid abuse and addiction. This session will explore evidence-based opioid-sparing pain management techniques and how they are improving patient outcomes and...
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“Opioid crisis.” Is it? What started this phraseology? Did the CDC contribute to the issue? Where do other illicit drugs come in? Senior PAINWeek faculty member Gary Jay, MD, FAAPM, Clinical Professor at the University of North Carolina, Department of Neurology, in Chapel Hill, comments.
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Psychosocial factors have become increasingly recognized as important moderators and determinants of the pain experience. One such factor that has garnered great empirical attention is pain catastrophizing. Pain catastrophizing has been described for more than half a century, yet many frontline...