Benefits In Chronic Pain Outweigh Risks For Painkiller Abuse As controversy swirls about proper clinical use of opioids and other potent pain medications, research reported at the American Pain Society annual meeting shows that, contrary to widespread beliefs, less than 3 percent of patients with no history of drug abuse who are prescribed opioids for chronic pain will show signs of possible drug abuse or dependence.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comBEMA(TM) Fentanyl Phase III Data Demonstrating Efficacy And Tolerability To Be Presented At American Pain Society Annual Meeting BioDelivery Sciences International, Inc. (Nasdaq: BDSI) and commercial partner Meda Pharmaceuticals will present, data from Phase III clinical pivotal trials for BEMA? Fentanyl, a potential treatment for breakthrough pain (BTP) in opioid tolerant patients with cancer. The presentations will be made at the 27th Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Pain Society (APS) in Tampa, Florida.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comDrug Company Executives Respond To Concerns About Ads At House Panel Hearing During a hearing of the House Energy and Commerce Committee Oversight Subcommittee on Thursday, executives from Johnson & Johnson, Pfizer and a joint-venture between Merck and
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comCRI Worldwide Opens Center For The Research Of Pain Disorders In Philadelphia CRI Worldwide, Inc., a leading provider of clinical research services to the global pharmaceutical and biotech industry, has announced the opening of its Center for the Research of Pain Disorders, based at the company's state-of-the-art clinical research facility at the Kirkbride Center in Philadelphia. The Center for the Research of Pain Disorders will be led by Daniel Gruener, MD, a recognized expert in the areas of analgesic and neuropathic pain research.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comInterventional Procedures Now Included In American Pain Society's Low Back Guideline For low-back pain patients and their doctors, the American Pain Society, http://www.ampainsoc.org/, said it is expanding its evidence-based, clinical practice guideline on diagnosis and treatment of chronic low back pain to include recommendations on surgery and other interventional treatments. The expanded guideline was previewed in a symposium at the APS Annual Scientific Meeting.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comFruit Fly Avoidance Mechanism Could Lead To New Ways To Control Pain In Humans At first, fruit flies eat like horses. Hatching inside over-ripe fruit where they were laid, they feed wildly in the sugar-rich environment until nature sends them an offer they can't refuse. To survive, they must leave the fruit, wander off and burrow into the earth where they avoid food as if it were poison. Only then can the larvae grow and hatch into flies that will take wing to lay their own eggs.
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