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Opioid Epidemic
February 26, 2019
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A recent article on the academic and current affairs website, The Conversation, by Professor Blair Smith from the University of Dundee, regarding his team’s study on the global increase in opioid use, has sparked debate over the overprescription of opioids in the UK. Professor Smith has found that w
Continue Reading →New study – Cannabinoids and chronic non-cancer pain conditions
November 05, 2018
Cannabis and Chronic Pain by John Finch The journal Pain recently published an important study on the use of cannabis, and medicines based on cannabis (cannabinoids), for chronic pain conditions (chronic pain in cancer patients was specifically excluded). Researchers were from institutes in Sydney,
Continue Reading →Government announcement: Pregabalin and gabapentin to be controlled as class C drugs
October 17, 2018
Full text: “Prescription drugs pregabalin and gabapentin are to be reclassified as class C controlled substances from next April, the government announced today (15 October). Prescription drugs pregabalin and gabapentin are to be reclassified as class C controlled substances from next April, t
Continue Reading →Promo for Pain Concern’s Navigator Tool
September 12, 2018
New research from Pain Concern offers the prospect of better care for those living with chronic pain. The specially-developed ‘Navigator Tool’ encourages positive communication between people seeking to manage debilitating pain and their healthcare professionals. Expect more information
Continue Reading →Glasgow Pain Education Sessions under new administration from 23/08/2018
August 20, 2018
The Glasgow Pain Education Sessions are from 23/08/2018 to be managed and administered ‘in-house’ by the NHS. To enquire about the pain education sessions or to book to attend a pain education session please phone as previously 0300 323 9966 or text 0754 822 9958. The pain education sess
Continue Reading →Call to participate in research study focusing on effects of long term pain
August 14, 2018
Are you living with chronic pain? Swansea University are conducting a research study to assess people’s understanding and experiences of long term medication for chronic pain. If you live in Swansea, Bridgend, or Neath Port Talbot and would like to get involved, please click the link below https://s
Continue Reading →Pain – A poem by Dinah Milsom
April 25, 2018
Dinah Milsom, poet and supporter of Pain Concern, has written a poem expressing her experiences with pain. She asked us to post this on our website so other people in pain may read it. Pain The light glows The heart knows This pain endures And so I make a life within how it can be And see A b
Continue Reading →Adolescent patients with chronic pain may be more likely to suffer from alexithymia – article
March 21, 2018
Investigators find adolescents with chronic pain may be more likely to experience alexithymia, a condition in which one lacks emotional self-awareness. Article from Clinical Pain Advisor Airing Pain 99: Transition Services for Adolescents with Chronic Pain
Continue Reading →Airing Pain at 100 with the Glasgow Pain Education Sessions
March 14, 2018
Airing Pain’s centenary! In this landmark edition Paul Evans explores the origins of Airing Pain with founder Heather Wallace, and visits one of Pain Concern’s informative pain education sessions For a full transcript of this programme, please click here. In 2010, Airing Pain was conceived as a way
Continue Reading →Treatment with opioids not superior to treatment with non-opioid medications – Study
March 07, 2018
A study published by the Journal of the American Medical Association finds that treatment with opioids was not superior to treatment with non-opioid medications in patients with chronic back pain, hip or knee osteoarthritis pain. You can find the full study here: http://ow.ly/veOf30iO8ms
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