FLECTOR Patch Yields Significantly Reduce Pain
Alpharma's two studies demonstrate the efficacy, tolerability and positive pharmacokinetic profile of Alpharma Pharmaceuticals' FLECTOR Patch 1.3%, the first and only prescription anti-inflammatory pain relief patch in the United States.
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QRxPharma Results For Dual Opioid Pain Therapy Are Successful
QRxPharma announced initial Phase 3 efficacy results for Q8003IR, an immediate release dual-opioid product intended for the acute management of moderate to severe pain.
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Book Helps Older Adults Manage Chronic Pain
IASP Press releases a new book -- Pain Management for Older Adults: A Self-Help Guide -- to help older people understand and proactively address their chronic pain.
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How To Relieve Metatarsalgia Pain
Chronic pain in the ball of the foot hurts, and it can be disabling.
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Lacosamide Significantly Reduced Pain
UCB presented efficacy and safety results from pooled analyses of Phase II and III double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trials investigating lacosamide for the treatment of diabetic neuropathic pain.
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Study Links Pain And Fatigue Together
Study reveals a biological link between pain and fatigue and may help explain why more women than men are diagnosed with chronic pain and fatigue conditions like fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome.
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Doctor's Offices Can Help Stem Abuse Of Narcotic Painkillers
Every day, thousands of doctors around the United States walk a tightrope stretched between their duty to help patients in pain -- and the risk of abetting illegal and life-destroying drug addiction and dependence, and losing their medical license for doing so.
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NMPI.com Provides Tips For Pain Relief
Norman Marcus Pain Institute ( nmpi.com) dedicated to the elimination of pain provides helpful tips for pain relief for muscles and for pain related to execise and fitness.
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ALCiS Daily Relief Now Available At Walgreens
Walgreens is stocking ALCiS Health's over-the-counter topical pain relief cream, ALCiS Daily Relief, at all of its 6,237 stores.
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Anesiva Announces Clinical Trial Of Adlea For Reducing Post-Surgical Pain Following Knee Replacement
Anesiva's pivotal Phase 3 clinical trial evaluating Adlea, its long-acting, non-opioid analgesic drug candidate, in patients following total knee replacement surgery, is underway.
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Chloroform Provides Clue To Enigma Of General Anaesthesia
One of the earliest general anaesthetics to be used by the medical profession, chloroform, has shed light on a mystery that's puzzled doctors for more than 150 years – how such anaesthetics actually work.
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Vertebroplasty For Osteoporotic Spinal Fractures Provides Dramatic Pain Relief, Greatly Decreases Disability
Vertebroplasty provides dramatic pain relief and sustained benefit.
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Pain In Fibromyalgia Linked To Changes In Brain Molecule
Decreases in the amount of the neurotransmitter glutamate are linked to reductions in pain self-report in fibromyalgia patients.
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Pain Not Part Of The Plan
Women often believe they will not need pain relief during childbirth.
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Psychological intervention reduces postembolization pain
Psychological intervention has been shown to reduce the postembolization pain during hepatic arterial chemoembolizatiom therapy. It is highly recommended as a complementary approach to pharmacological analgesia according to research published in the February 14, 2008 issue of the World Journal of Gastroenterology.
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African Americans Less Likely To Choose Epidurals For Post-Operative Pain Relief
Minority and low-income patients are less likely than those who are white or more well off to agree to post-surgery epidural pain relief.
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Niavin Offers New Way To Address Pain
One in ten Americans report suffering regularly from various physical aches, pains and debilitating arthritis.
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Halo Rejuvenator: Holistic Remedy For Headache, Neck, Shoulder Pain
Scott Flavell, maker of the Halo Rejuvenator, is one of those people whose life was changed by Pilates, Yoga, Qigong, Meditation, Acupuncture and Holistic healing.
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Study Shows Differences In Access To Pain Treatment
Minorities are less likely than whites to receive narcotic painkillers at emergency departments.
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How Could Pain Management Hurt You?
Health articles abound in the news, with many of them focused on the issue of pain.
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FLECTOR Anti-Inflammatory Pain Relief Patch Available In US
Alpharma announced availability of FLECTOR Patch 1.3%, the first and only anti-inflammatory pain relief patch in US.
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New Supplemental Blend Treats TMJ Pain Naturally
Most everyone has heard of TMJ, the popular acronym for the temporomandibular joint, and the jaw pain and dysfunction associated with it.
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Empi's Hybresis Solves 'Pain Points'
Hybresis, is a convenient, needle-free drug delivery system that allows clinicians to treat more patients while improving overall care by reducing patient discomfort and inconvenience.
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Cerimon's Clinical Studies To Evaluate Diclofenac Patch For Mild To Moderate Pain
Cerimon Pharmaceuticals has initiated two randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled Phase II/III clinical studies of its once- daily topical diclofenac sodium patch to treat mild to moderate pain.
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New Standard Of Care In Field Of Pain Medicine Set
As part of a broader change in pain management therapy from a historically generalized to a more personalized approach, one Rhode Island Company is taking the reins and driving a new standard of care.
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Knee Pain: Study Engineers Cartilage To Match Patient's Own Tissue
Patients with knee cartilage injuries now have the opportunity to re-grow their cartilage as part of an innovative study.
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New Technique To Stop Pain In Ortho Patients
Anesthesiologists are utilizing a new ultrasound procedure to anesthetize certain nerves and provide pain relief to patients before, during and even after orthopedic surgery.
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Minorities Less Likely To Get Strong Pain Relief Drugs in ER
Blacks, Hispanics and other minority groups are less likely to receive strong pain relief drugs in hospital Emergency Departments.
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Opioid Use In ER On Rise, But Not For All
Racial differences in use of pain relief medication opioids exist in ER departments despite the fact that use of opioids for pain in ERs on the rise.
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New Surgical Devices Treat Neck Pain While Preserving Motion
Surgeons are now offering the first artificial cervical disc approved by the FDA and are studying additional new devices to help reduce pain while preserving the motion of the spine.
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Sugar Injections Resolve Chronic Neck Pain
Simple dextrose (sugar) injections improved pain symptoms and quality of life in chronic neck pain sufferers.
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InSightec To Study ExAblate To Treat Pain Caused By Bone Metastases
InSightec's Phase 3 pivotal study to determine if its ExAblate incisionless surgery system can safely and effectively reduce the pain associated with bone metastases
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Massage Helps Pain, Anxiety Relief After Surgery
A short back massage in the evening may help to provide pain relief and reduce anxiety following a major surgery when given in addition to pain medications.
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Pain treatment in the field: Good for soldiers' comfort
Noncombat-related acute and recurrent chronic pain are the leading causes of soldier attrition in modern war, with the return-to-duty rate as low as 2 percent when these soldiers are treated outside the theaters of operation.
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Anesiva To Reduce Pain Associated With IVs And Blood Draws In Children
Anesiva launched two initiatives aimed to improve peripheral venous access pain management in children.
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QRxPharma Initiates Clinical Trial For 'Dual Opioid' Pain Therapy
A number of patients have been treated in QRxPharma's clinical studies to be conducted as part of the Phase III development program for its lead product candidate Q8003IR, an immediate release dual-opioid pain therapy.
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Less Pain, Higher Patient Satisfaction With Betaseron
Patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis treated with 250 mcg Betaseron experienced less injection site pain and fewer injection site reactions than those treated with 44 mcg Rebif.
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Anti-Convulsant Drug Decreases Pain
The drug pregabalin administered before and after knee replacement surgery, significantly decreased patient pain while increasing and expediting mobility after surgery.
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Driving Abilities Not Impaired By Moderate, Long-Term Pain Medication Use
Moderate, long-term pain medication use does not impair a person's ability to drive safely.
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Neuromed Initiates Pivotal Clinical Trial For Chronic Pain
Neuromed Pharmaceuticals has dosed its first patient in its pivotal Phase 3 clinical trial of NMED-1077 for the treatment of chronic moderate-to-severe pain.
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