Neuroscience
It's still too early for me to blog about aggressive measures to control severe pain in cancer patients, despite my best intentions. I don't know when/if I'll be able to write a proper post on the topic. For now, I'll just list a few references, including a study on the attitudes of pain physicians towards the use of methadone in clinical practice (Shah & Diwan, 2010).
References
Bengoechea I, Gutiérrez SG, Vrotsou K, Onaindia MJ, Lopez JM. (2010). Opioid Use at the End of Life and Survival in a Hospital at Home Unit. J Palliat Med. Aug 28. [Epub ahead of print].
Mercadante S. (2010). Intravenous morphine for management of cancer pain. Lancet Oncol. 11:484-9.
Pollock AB, Tegeler ML, Morgan V, Baumrucker SJ. (2010). Morphine to Methadone Conversion: An Interpretation of Published Data. Am J Hosp Palliat Care. Jun 16. [Epub ahead of print].
Shah S, Diwan S. (2010). Methadone: does stigma play a role as a barrier to treatment of chronic pain? Pain Physician 13:289-93.
NOTE: The frequency and content of future posts will be lighter for a while...
- Update On Ketamine In Palliative Care Settings
Many recent headlines have heralded a new use for the old veterinary anesthetic ketamine, which can provide rapid-onset (albeit short-lived) relief for some patients with treatment-resistant depression (aan het Rot et al., 2012). This finding has been...
- Deep Brain Stimulation For Phantom Limb Pain
A clinical study of deep brain stimulation for the treatment of phantom limb pain (Bittar et al., 2005) reviews not only the treatments and mechanisms of phantom limb pain, but the historical aspects as well: The 16th century French military surgeon Ambroise...
- Upcoming Videocast: The Neuroimaging Of Pain (07 Nov 2011)
From a press release from the NIH: Stanford researcher to speak at NIH on the role of neuroimaging in understanding pain NCCAM presents Opening Windows to the Brain: Lessons Learned in the Neuroimaging of Pain [snippet] What: Sean Mackey, M.D., Ph.D.,...
- Pain Research
From King's College London: Innovative Partnership for Pain Research 10 Mar 2010, PR 48/10 "King’s has partnered with Pfizer to create an open innovation laboratory for pain research. As part of the partnership, a small team of Pfizer scientists...
- Neuropsychology Abstract Of The Day: Pain Assessment
Jensen MP, Mardekian J, Lakshminarayanan M, & Boye ME. Validity of 24-h recall ratings of pain severity: Biasing effects of "Peak" and "End" pain. Pain. 2008 Jul 15; 137(2): 422-427. Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Box 356490, University of Washington...
Neuroscience
Morphine vs. Methadone for Cancer Pain
It's still too early for me to blog about aggressive measures to control severe pain in cancer patients, despite my best intentions. I don't know when/if I'll be able to write a proper post on the topic. For now, I'll just list a few references, including a study on the attitudes of pain physicians towards the use of methadone in clinical practice (Shah & Diwan, 2010).
References
Bengoechea I, Gutiérrez SG, Vrotsou K, Onaindia MJ, Lopez JM. (2010). Opioid Use at the End of Life and Survival in a Hospital at Home Unit. J Palliat Med. Aug 28. [Epub ahead of print].
Mercadante S. (2010). Intravenous morphine for management of cancer pain. Lancet Oncol. 11:484-9.
Pollock AB, Tegeler ML, Morgan V, Baumrucker SJ. (2010). Morphine to Methadone Conversion: An Interpretation of Published Data. Am J Hosp Palliat Care. Jun 16. [Epub ahead of print].
Shah S, Diwan S. (2010). Methadone: does stigma play a role as a barrier to treatment of chronic pain? Pain Physician 13:289-93.
NOTE: The frequency and content of future posts will be lighter for a while...
- Update On Ketamine In Palliative Care Settings
Many recent headlines have heralded a new use for the old veterinary anesthetic ketamine, which can provide rapid-onset (albeit short-lived) relief for some patients with treatment-resistant depression (aan het Rot et al., 2012). This finding has been...
- Deep Brain Stimulation For Phantom Limb Pain
A clinical study of deep brain stimulation for the treatment of phantom limb pain (Bittar et al., 2005) reviews not only the treatments and mechanisms of phantom limb pain, but the historical aspects as well: The 16th century French military surgeon Ambroise...
- Upcoming Videocast: The Neuroimaging Of Pain (07 Nov 2011)
From a press release from the NIH: Stanford researcher to speak at NIH on the role of neuroimaging in understanding pain NCCAM presents Opening Windows to the Brain: Lessons Learned in the Neuroimaging of Pain [snippet] What: Sean Mackey, M.D., Ph.D.,...
- Pain Research
From King's College London: Innovative Partnership for Pain Research 10 Mar 2010, PR 48/10 "King’s has partnered with Pfizer to create an open innovation laboratory for pain research. As part of the partnership, a small team of Pfizer scientists...
- Neuropsychology Abstract Of The Day: Pain Assessment
Jensen MP, Mardekian J, Lakshminarayanan M, & Boye ME. Validity of 24-h recall ratings of pain severity: Biasing effects of "Peak" and "End" pain. Pain. 2008 Jul 15; 137(2): 422-427. Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Box 356490, University of Washington...