2 Minute Medicine Rewind June 29, 2020
Physical exercise associated with reduced risk of chronic pain in university students 1. Higher frequency, intensity, and duration of physical ...
Tag: chronic pain
Being denied a wanted abortion may have detrimental health effects in the long term
1. The authors of this prospective cohort study found that women who were denied a wanted abortion were found to ...
Opioids unlikely to provide clinically meaningful reduction in chronic non-cancer pain
1. In this systematic review and meta-analysis of patients with chronic non-cancer pain, though opioids showed small improvements in pain, ...
Opioids show no benefit for treating chronic musculoskeletal pain versus non-opioid treatments
1. In this pragmatic, randomized controlled trial, opioids did not result in better pain management or function compared to non-opioid ...
Talk therapy, modified for literacy level, helps ease chronic pain for disadvantaged populations
1. Both modified cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and pain education (EDU) interventions were associated with improved pain in patients with ...
Limited evidence available to determine effectiveness and safety of cannabis to treat chronic pain
1. There is some evidence that cannabis reduces neuropathic pain, but there is inadequate evidence for other pain types. 2. ...
Multicomponent intervention linked to improved guideline adherence in long-term opioid therapy
1. In this cluster-randomized trial targeting primary care clinicians (PCC) treating patients with long-term opioid therapy in safety-net practices, a ...
The Internet may be an effective tool for treating chronic knee pain
1. Significantly greater pain improvement was observed in patients in the intervention group compared to the control. 2. Patients in ...
Stepped-care management useful for chronic pain treatment in veterans (ESCAPE Trial)
1. Stepped-care intervention (analgesia with self-management strategies followed by cognitive behavioral therapy) was associated with decreased pain-related disability, interference, and ...
Long term opioid pain therapy evidence limited, linked to serious harms
1. According to this systematic review, long-term opioid therapy for chronic pain was associated with increased risk of serious harms, ...
