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Electroacupuncture also resulted in a greater relief for the majority of OIC symptoms and improved the quality of life for this patient population and had no effects on cancer pain and its opioid treatment dosage.

Electroacupuncture Improves Quality of Life for Cancer Patients With OIC

An international review of data show certain antidepressants may benefit conditions like fibromyalgia, but many trials are actually inconclusive.

Minimal Evidence Supports Antidepressants for Chronic Pain

“The fact that patients report substituting cannabis for pain medications so much underscores the need for research on the benefits and risk of using cannabis for chronic pain,” investigators stated. 

Many Patients with Chronic Pain Report Using Cannabis for Pain Management

Neither intervention group demonstrated any significant improvements in intensity of chronic breathlessness after taking regular, low-dose, extended-release morphine.

Breathlessness in Patients with COPD isn't Reduced with Daily Morphine

Reductions in prescribed benzodiazepines were especially noted in continuing prescriptions.

Injunction Letters May Reduce Clinician Overprescription of Benzodiazepines

New comparative effectiveness data go against CDC recommendations for tapering or abruptly ending long-term opioid prescription.

Long-Term Opioid Tapering Does Not Benefit Suicide, Overdose Risks

FDA approved combination therapy relugolix, estradiol, and norethindrone acetate (Myfembree) for the management of moderate to severe pain associated with endometriosis. 

Combination Therapy Receives FDA Approval for Endometriosis

After March 2020, overdose deaths not involving methadone continued to increase whereas methadone-involved overdose deaths remained stable.

Overdose Death Rates Before and After Take-Home Methadone Policy

According to a new report from the CDC, as fatal drug overdoses increase across the board, the Black and Indigenous communities represent a significantly greater death rates.

Increasing Overdose Death Rates are Highest Among Black, Indigenous Individuals

An Ohio State researcher discusses a new medical center education program for navigating addiction risk in pain patients.

Educating Third-Year Students on Opioid Use Disorder, Pain Management

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