Pain Management

Online communities can help opioid users in remission maintain long-lasting sobriety, however the research suggests these communities should be non-drug-related.

Prescription drug monitoring programs have decreased prescription opioids in the United States but resulted in unintended spikes of illegal drug use and heroin-related deaths.

Doan’s magnesium salicylate tetrahydrate formulation treats pain from backaches.

Pharmacists can help by preventing and treating opioid use disorder and overdoses.

Zynrelef is indicated in adults for soft tissue or periarticular instillation to produce postsurgical analgesia for up to 72 hours after foot and ankle, small-to-medium open abdominal, and lower extremity total joint arthroplasty surgical procedures.

Backaid Max offers relief of backaches, leg and joint pain.

With the help of pharmacists and a team of health care providers, a better quality of life is possible for patients with Parkinson disease.

Pharmacists, being one of the most accessible health care professionals, are critical pieces of the opioid tapering program puzzle.

Danish analysis looks at the relationship between the therapy and cardiovascular adverse effects, particularly arrhythmias.

In New York’s medical cannabis program, research showed that patients’ preference around potency differed among users, regardless of their health conditions.

Analysis looks at those with arthritis, chronic pain, headaches, lower back pain, and neuropathic pain between 2012 and 2019.

Febuxostat) Uloric is a xanthine oxidase inhibitor indicated for the chronic management of hyperuricemia in patients with gout.

ClearoGout aids in the prevention of gout attacks.

Study suggests that health care providers should discuss with patients whether they are using any integrative medicine strategies, which ones, and why.

The suggested wave 4 of the opioid crisis saw high opioid-involved overdose death rates in urban counties and high acceleration of overdose deaths in rural counties, indicating that the opioid crisis worsened during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Electroacupuncture was effective for pain control and other symptoms in patients with herpetic neuralgia, though research is limited.

With the opioid epidemic raging out of control, pharmacists are essential warriors in the fight against this scourge.

The pandemic saw reductions in the supply of methadone but no disruption to the supply of more easily accessible buprenorphine, though disparities in supply were observed across states.

Combining tramadol and celecoxib into a co-crystal of celecoxib-tramadol provides peripherally and centrally mediated analgesia.

The increase in prescriptions for non-opioid pain medications coincided with a significant drop in opioid prescribing over the same period.

The increase in gabapentin-related overdose deaths follows a rising trend in overall overdose deaths during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Physician’s Choice Joint Support helps with joint flexibility and repair, as well as a healthy inflammatory response.

Patient education, naloxone training, and monitoring programs make a difference.

ThermaCare is intended to provide relief from menstrual pain.

BurnAid burn dressing provides relief for all types of minor burns.

Legatrin PM is intended for relief of lower body pain.

Migraine Be KoooL is intended to provide relief from headaches, fever, muscle aches, sprains, and over-exertion.

Dual action for neuropathy and neuralgia pain relief as well as for use in diabetes-related nerve pain and shingles.

Hydrogel Burn Pads provide cooling relief for minor burns and absorbs fluid to prevent infection.

The Opioid and Naloxone program at North Dakota State University School of Pharmacy aims to make a difference.