Tag: medication
New Airing Pain – Available Tuesday 7 July
June 29 , 2020
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On Tuesday 7 July 2020, Airing Pain returns, with producer Paul Evans looking into opioid medication for chronic pain. Tune in as he speaks to two world-reknowned pain specialists, a GP and a chronic pain patient who maganged to reduce her medication, looking into the opioid addiction crisis, the rates ...
Amitriptyline
July 12 , 2019
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Find out about amitriptyline, how it works and the side effects that you might experience when first taking it.
Airing Pain 116: Neuropathic Pain 2 of 2: Latest research
August 06 , 2019
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Half a century worth of research exists on neuropathic pain but what are the latest developments?
This edition of Airing Pain is facilitated by the neuropathic pain special interest group (NeuPSIG) of the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP).
With the previous edition of Airing Pain focusing ...
Cannabis and Chronic Pain
September 12 , 2019
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NICE guidance on cannabis-based medicines out for consultation
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has issued draft guidance for the use of cannabis-based medicines considering the evidence for their use in intractable nausea and vomiting; chronic pain; spasticity and epilepsy. It covers other related topics, ...
Transcript – Programme 114: You, Your Drugs, and the Law: Gabapentinoids and medicinal cannabis
June 11 , 2019
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How does the law affect people who use drugs to manage their pain?
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On 1 April 2019, Pregabalin and Gabapentin, drugs recommended for the management of neuropathic pain, were re-classified as class C controlled substances.
Medicinal Cannabis: Is it safe? Does ...
Airing Pain 114: You, Your Drugs, and the Law: Gabapentinoids and medicinal cannabis
June 11 , 2019
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How does the law affect people who use drugs to manage their pain?
This edition is funded by Foundation Scotland
On 1 April 2019 Pregabalin and Gabapentin, drugs recommended for the management of neuropathic pain, were re-classified as class C controlled substances.
Medicinal Cannabis: Is it safe? Does it work ...
New study – Cannabinoids and chronic non-cancer pain conditions
November 05 , 2018
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Cannabis and Chronic Pain
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, Brisbane and London specialising in substance abuse ...
Airing Pain 101: Persistent Post-Operative Pain in Cancer Survivors
April 03 , 2018
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How cancer survivors can experience post-operative pain, and confronting the national issue of post-cancer treatment
This edition is funded by The Agnes Hunter Trust.
An ever-increasing cancer survivor rate means chronic pain associated with the condition and its treatment is growing. In the UK alone, cancer survivor rates have ...
Treatment with opioids not superior to treatment with non-opioid medications – Study
March 07 , 2018
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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 ...
‘Growing problem’ of addiction to prescription drugs probed – BBC article
January 24 , 2018
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Public Health England is launching a review into "growing problem" of prescription drug addiction.
The review, which will take a year, will cover:
sedatives and anti-anxiety drugs known as benzodiazepines and z-drugs (zolpidem and zopiclone)painkillers called opioids, pregabalin and gabapentin (the latter two are also used to treat epilepsy)antidepressants
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UK Government to reclassify pregabalin and gabapentin after rise in deaths
October 03 , 2017
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We at Pain Concern wish to address the recent articles published in Pulse Today titled ‘Pregabalin and gabapentin set to become controlled drugs’ on the 21st September, and the British Medical Journal (BMJ) on the 25th September 2017 titled ‘UK government to reclassify pregabalin and gabapentin after ...
Powerful painkiller use ‘doubled in 15 years’ – BBC Article
September 25 , 2017
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The BBC has published an article concerning the rising use of 'potentially addictive painkillers' in England.
You can read it here. ...