People With Migraine Often Present With Metacognitive Dysfunctions
Compared with people without migraine, people with migraine and migraine with medication overuse headache often have deficits in metacognition.
Chronic Pain
Vitamin D Status May Affect Spinal Degenerative Disease, Back Pain in Older Women
Severe vitamin D deficiency was linked to lumbar degenerative disease and low back pain in postmenopausal women.
Adding Nerve Ultrasound to Nerve Conduction Studies Improves Diagnosis of Chronic Inflammatory Neuropathy
Adding nerve ultrasound to nerve conduction studies improves detection of chronic inflammatory neuropathies in patients with suspected chronic inflammatory neuropathy.
Medical Cannabis May Initially Aid Sleep in Patients With Chronic Pain
For patients with chronic pain, medical cannabis (MC) use has a positive effect on maintaining sleep; however, cannabinoids do not appear to reduce cancer pain.
Closed-Loop Spinal Cord Stimulation for the Management of Chronic Back and Leg Pain [Part 2]: Expert Perspective
Lead author Nagy Mekhail, MD, PhD discusses the importance of neuromodulation, specifically a closed loop spinal cord stimulation system (SCS), for the management of chronic pain.
FDA Committees Vote on Novel Opioid for Chronic Low Back Pain
As a result of the vote, Nektar has decided to withdraw the New Drug Application for oxycodegol and to cease further development of the product.
Nerve Volumes Predict Surgical Outcome in Patients With Trigeminal Neuralgia
Larger contralateral trigeminal nerve and hippocampus volumes are predictive of early nonresponse to surgical treatment of trigeminal neuralgia.
Closed-Loop Spinal Cord Stimulation for the Management of Chronic Back and Leg Pain [Part 1]
Spinal cord stimulation (SCS) with a closed-loop system that uses recorded evoked compound action potentials (ECAPs) is superior to a fixed-output, open-loop system for patients with chronic back and leg pain.
FDA Approves Unique Spinal Cord Stimulation System for Chronic Pain
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the Senza Omnia Spinal Cord Stimulation (SCS) System (Nevro) for the treatment of chronic intractable pain of the trunk and/or limbs.
Off-Label Use of Antidepressants for Chronic Pain
Off-label antidepressant use for chronic pain has increased in recent years in part as a result of the opioid epidemic and the need to reduce prescribing and use of opioids for chronic pain.
