Addressing Opioid Misuse and Safer Prescribing Practices
Jeffrey Gudin, MD, recommends a “stepwise approach” to designing a treatment plan for patients with chronic pain.
All articles by Florence Chaverneff, PhD
Online Course Created to Address Catastrophizing in Chronic Pain
Pain catastrophizing was significantly reduced by this simple 2-hour psycho-educational class.
Upcoming Pain Pharmacotherapy Patent Expiration Dates
Several imminent pain pharmacotherapy patent expirations are forecasted to affect the pain management landscape.
Breaking Fear-Avoidance Conditioning in Chronic Pain
The model proposes that prioritizing alternate life goals with optimism rather than perpetuating pain-associated behaviors with negative affect can break the pain cycle.
Can Immune Dysregulation Explain the Increased Prevalence of Pain in Older Adults?
Among older adults, immune system dysregulation may contribute to the increased prevalence of pain in older adults
Risk Factors for Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy Postop Complications
This study should help identify CSM patients at higher risks of developing perioperative complications, and to anticipate these by taking preventive measures, and closely monitoring patients
RA Synoviocyte Epigenetics Underlying Variable Joint Involvement
Investigators hypothesized that fibroblast-like synoviocytes, which line joints had variable epigenetic patterns, underlying variations in joint inflammation and response to treatment.
Autologous Regenerative Stem Cell Therapy for OA
Stem cells isolated from bone marrow have been shown to efficiently support repair of injured ligaments and tendons and adipose stem cells have some benefits for cartilage repair.
Paradoxical Activation of TNF-Regulatory Functions by Adalimumab
Therapeutic anti-TNF antibodies, long thought to act primarily via blockade of proinflammatory soluble TNF, appear to also bind membrane-bound TNF supporting regulatory T-cell expansion suppressing further inflammation.
National Pain Strategy Unveiled by the NIH
The Oversight Committee for the NIH Health and Human Services National Pain Strategy’s agenda sets objectives for 6 main areas of pain care and management.
