Chronic Pain: Opioids No Longer Treatment of Choice Nondrug therapies increased markedly in wake of 2016 CDC guidance Nov 07, 2022
Graded Sensorimotor Retraining Improved Chronic Low Back Pain Randomized trial shows that guided movement sessions can lessen pain Aug 02, 2022
Trial: Rinvoq Effective for Biologic-Refractory Ankylosing Spondylitis Data helped drug to gain recent label expansion Jul 05, 2022
Rinvoq Shows Promise in Spine Disease 1-year results in ankylosing spondylitis demonstrate efficacy for JAK inhibitor upadacitinib Jul 02, 2021
Oral JAK 1 Inhibitor Eases Spine Inflammation in Ankylosing Spondylitis Treatment with filgotinib resulted in significant improvements compared with placebo Jun 04, 2021
Stopping IL-17 Drug for Axial Spondyloarthritis? Expect Spinal Flares But low disease activity regained if treatment restarted May 11, 2021
ED Docs Split Over Fentanyl Analogue Schedule 1 Extension Will it save lives or prevent drug users from seeking help? May 04, 2021
Delayed Diagnosis Common in Spinal Ailment Typical 7-year delay after symptom onset leaves patients at risk for irreversible damage Apr 30, 2021
Spinal Benefits Seen With Cosentyx in PsA First trial to evaluate response of axial symptoms in psoriatic arthritis to biologic treatment Dec 22, 2020
FDA Warns Against NSAIDs in Pregnancy After 20 Weeks Risk of kidney complications and low amniotic fluids may jeopardize fetus Oct 15, 2020
Falls Blamed for Pain Relief Device Failure Damage found while testing after patient complains of pain recurrence Sep 08, 2020
Novel Form of Muscle Relaxant Shows Benefit Tolperisone may help pain from acute back spasms without causing drowsiness Sep 05, 2020
Muscle Relaxer Rx Doubled Over 12-Year Span Spike in prescriptions among older adults particularly concerning, researchers note Jun 24, 2020
Queen Guitarist's Agonizing May Sciatica + "small heart attack" = trying time for Brian May Jun 03, 2020
IL-17A Blockers Succeed in Spine Disease Secukinumab and ixekizumab best placebo for ankylosing spondylitis May 13, 2020
IL-17A/F Inhibitor a Winner in Spine Disease Targeting both cytokines had rapid, sustained benefits in ankylosing spondylitis Apr 09, 2020
Postmenopausal Low Back Pain: Is Lack of Vitamin D the Problem? Finding "speaks to the importance of avoiding severe vitamin D deficiency states" Feb 12, 2020
New Use for Methotrexate in Spondyloarthritis? In combination with adalimumab, immunogenicity lowered by half in patients with axial SpA Jan 21, 2020
More Evidence That Aspirin Can Stave Off Death PLCO follow-up data support protective effect Dec 04, 2019
American Pain Society Goes Belly Up Opioid lawsuit costs prompt membership to approve bankruptcy filing Jun 28, 2019
In Spine Disease, One Clear Risk Factor for Relapse Most occurred after treatment withdrawal among patients on infliximab Apr 09, 2019
Pain: Yes, There's an App for That But meta-analysis suggests benefit is just a few tenths of a point on standard 0-10 scale Mar 13, 2019
Gabapentin Plus Opioids for Chronic Pain? Small study shows no superiority over opioids alone Mar 10, 2019
Whole-Body Cyrotherapy Caused Cold Burn Injury Trendy treatment never FDA-approved for health benefits Dec 14, 2018
Radiofrequency Pulses End Back Pain Probes guided to herniated disk appears to enhance pain relief and healing Nov 30, 2018
NSAIDs OK for Certain High-Risk Groups? No obvious harm seen in HTN, HF, or chronic kidney disease Oct 08, 2018
Repeat CRP Tests If Spine Disease Uncertain Post-hoc analysis of patients with axial spondyloarthritis Sep 17, 2018
Mumps and Boosters; Ecigs and Quitting: It's PodMed Double T! This week's topics include sinusitis treatment, low back pain management, waning mumps immunity, and e-cigarettes and quitting attempts Mar 31, 2018 podcast
Sensitivity Heightened with Chronic Low Back Pain Catastrophizing is also a common feature Mar 07, 2018
Injecting Arthritic Knees Carries Sepsis Risk Study identified four risk factors for sepsis after injections for knee pain. Nov 06, 2017
Remission Common in Early SpA With Golimumab Drug-free remission maintained for more than half after at least 12 months Jun 15, 2017
Are Statins Behind Some Back Problems? Claims data suggest association, but cardiologists urge caution May 01, 2017
Pre-TKA Opioid Script Predicts Post-Op Prescription Especially prevalent after 6 months post-op Mar 20, 2017
Pearls From: Rheumatologist Philip Mease An expert discusses new treatments for PsA and SpA Sep 06, 2016 video
Denervation Tx Helps Patients With Discogenic Back Pain Biacuplasty plus conventional treatment provided relief in trial Feb 22, 2016
Medical Schools Boost Pain Management Education In light of opioid epidemic, more schools focus on thoughtful prescribing Feb 04, 2016
Prednisone Offers Modest Relief in Sciatica Oral steroids are commonly used but without much supporting evidence. May 19, 2015
Separating Spondyloarthritis From Back Pain Still Problematic Spinal MRI criteria don't help differentiate SpA from nonspecific pain. Dec 27, 2014
FDA Panel Wants Safer Epidural Steroid Shots Majority votes to end epidural injections with "particulate" steroids. Nov 25, 2014
