Archive for the ‘Pain / Anesthetics’ Category
Friday, October 26th, 2007
Masimo, the inventor of Pulse CO-Oximetry and Read-Through Motion and Low Perfusion pulse oximetry, reported that multiple independent and objective clinical studies and a case study were presented last week at the 2007 American Society of Anesthesiology (ASA) Annual Meeting in San Francisco focused on ...
Posted in Pain / Anesthetics | No Comments »
Tuesday, October 9th, 2007
For low-back pain patients and their doctors, a new, evidence-based, clinical practice guideline, published today in the Annals of Internal Medicine, recommends less reliance on expensive diagnostic imaging and reports there is strong evidence supporting the benefits of several therapies, with and without medication.
Low-back pain is the fifth most common ...
Posted in Pain / Anesthetics | No Comments »
Monday, October 1st, 2007
People who have the common chronic pain condition fibromyalgia often report that they don't respond to the types of medication that relieve other people's pain. New research from the University of Michigan Health System helps to explain why that might be: Patients with fibromyalgia were found to have reduced binding ...
Posted in Pain / Anesthetics | No Comments »
Friday, September 28th, 2007
NeurogesX, Inc. (Nasdaq: NGSX), a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing novel pain management therapies, announced that the Marketing Authorization Application (MAA) submitted by NeurogesX for NGX-4010, the Company's lead product candidate for peripheral neuropathic pain, has been accepted for review by the European Medicines ...
Posted in Pain / Anesthetics | No Comments »
Saturday, September 22nd, 2007
The Wall Street Journal on Tuesday examined concerns that administering an epidural through a tattoo might pose health risks to the pregnant woman. According to the Journal, there has been an increase in recent years in women's lower-back tattoos, which often cover the surface near the vertebrae where the epidural ...
Posted in Pain / Anesthetics | No Comments »
Saturday, August 25th, 2007
People with chronic, intractable back pain know exactly what they need relief directly where it hurts. Peripheral nerve field stimulation (PNFS), the newest weapon against back pain for people who are finding no relief from conventional treatment, does just that, says Dr. Eugene Lipov, who is Director of Research, Alexian ...
Posted in Neurology / Neuroscience, Pain / Anesthetics | No Comments »
Wednesday, August 22nd, 2007
Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NYSE: WPI), a leading specialty pharmaceutical company, announced today that it has received final approval from the United States (U.S.) Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on its Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) for fentanyl transdermal system in the 25, 50, 75 & 100 mcg/hour strengths. Fentanyl transdermal ...
Posted in Pain / Anesthetics | No Comments »
Wednesday, August 22nd, 2007
According to a new Associated Press analysis of federal drug prescription data, retail sales of five leading painkillers nearly doubled from 1997 to 2005, reflecting a surge in use by patients nationwide who are living in pain. In light of this provocative information, patients may wish to consider the benefits ...
Posted in Pain / Anesthetics | No Comments »
Tuesday, August 14th, 2007
Pain medicine experts are setting out to conduct the first ever study to determine the true economic cost of persistent pain in Australia in a project being funded by the MBF Foundation.
An estimated one in five Australians of working age suffers from relentless and often disabling pain but as few ...
Posted in Pain / Anesthetics | No Comments »
