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The HCPLive pain page is a resource for medical news and expert insights on pain medicine. This page features expert-led coverage, articles, videos and research on the therapies and development of treatments for acute pain, chronic pain, addiction medicine, and more.

Dr Daniel J. Clauw provides an overview of pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic therapeutic approaches for the management of fibromyalgia and comments on challenges and unmet needs for patients.

Approaching Management of Fibromyalgia and Unmet Needs in Treatment

Daniel J. Clauw, MD, describes the role the brain and CNS play in controlling the setting of nociplastic pain in patients with fibromyalgia and highlights increased patient sensitivity to sensory stimuli.

Impact of Brain on Nociplastic Pain for Fibromyalgia

Despite commonly understood symptoms and efficacious treatments, the stigmatizing nature of gout has caused significant setbacks to curbing its impact on Americans.

Gout’s Prevalence Among Vulnerable Populations: A Deeper Look into the Painful Disease

Of the randomized controlled trials identified, only 41% involved patients with depression. 

Many Chronic Pain Studies Omit Patients With Depression

New CDC data show high-impact chronic pain has been decreasing since 2016,  though the issue continues to disparately impact certain populations.

Chronic Pain Prevalence Remains Among 1 in 5 US Adults

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

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