When winter weather leads to treacherous conditions, asthma and diabetes patients can at least rest assured that their albuterol inhalers and insulin can still be prescribed without the patients having to leave the comfort of their homes. People living with chronic pain, though, are not as fortunate. Even hydrocodone (the most commonly prescribed medication for pain) [...]
Dr. Ted Jones, psychologist and director of Pain Consultants of East Tennessee’s Behavioral Medicine Institute, has published a new study in the SciMed Central Journal entitled “Medication Aberrant Behavior and Time in Treatment: A Descriptive Analysis”. In the study, Dr. Jones and his staff worked to identify patients who eventually showed problems with their pain [...]
Results of a study appearing this month in the journal Spine, treatment approaches for patients with spinal stenosis suggest that long-term outcomes are comparable with either surgery or conservative treatment. The study, conducted by researchers at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, NH is termed the largest and highest-quality analysis conducted to date, and the results provide [...]
Photo by Mohammed Fkriy on Unsplash 2015 promises to be intriguing, and likely a "rocky road," for patients and providers in the world of pain management. An editorial by noted pain specialists was published at the end of 2014 in Pain Medicine, calling for evidence-based practice in the use of intrathecal opioids for [...]
The American Pain Society Clinical Centers of Excellence in Pain Management Awards Program helps advance the quality of pain management in the United States by recognizing and rewarding excellence in quality clinical care. Central to the APS vision: "APS envisions a world where pain prevention and relief are available to all people"—this program aims to [...]
In 2014, Governor Bill Haslam's office commissioned the Tennessee Department of Health to gather a select group of physicians from across the state to create the Tennessee Chronic Pain Guidelines. The mission of the Chronic Pain Guidelines Panel members was to develop guidelines that would define appropriate treatment of chronic pain. Pain Consultants of East [...]
