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Alexander P. Hersel, MD, medical director of Pain Management and Injury Relief Medical Center, recently released an article ensuring patients that epidural steroid injections are still a safe treatment despite the recent outbreak of meningitis tied to the New England Compounding Center in Framingham, Mass.
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Pain Management
November 21, 2012
Study: 75% Oxycodone Users Report Costly Side Effects
About 75 percent of patients taking oxycodone controlled-release for chronic pain report suffering from side effects, according to Pharmacy News.
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Pain Management
November 21, 2012
$1.2M Pain Management Clinic Construction Underway
Progress is underway on the $1.2 million Pain Management of North Idaho clinic in Coeur D Alene, Idaho, according to the Journal of Business.
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Pfizer drug company reported its late-stage patient study found an extended-release version of its pain killer Lyrica worked better than placebo pill but did not last much longer, according to USA Today.
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Pain Management
November 19, 2012
Prescription Drug Abuse an 'Epidemic'
A recent study reported hydrocodone was the most prescribed drug in America in 2011, and prescription drug abuse has become an epidemic in many states, according to the Hamburg Reporter.
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Pain Management
November 19, 2012
National Pain Institute to Offer 20 New Pain Management Treatments
The National Pain Institute pain management clinics in New Port Richey, Fla., are now offering 20 pain management treatments for patients.
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Pain Management
A new report from the Vermont Medical Society's Education and Research Foundation shows physicians in the state are stressed about their vital role in the fight against prescription drug abuse, according to Vermont Public Radio.
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Pain Management
November 13, 2012
Back Pain Increasing Among Iraq & Afghanistan Veterans
More military veterans are now reporting back pain than in the past, among both front-line troops as well as other deployed personnel, according to a report published in the Journal Sentinel.
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Pain Management
November 13, 2012
California Pain Partners With Boost Medical
California Pain, based in Freemont and Pleasanton, has partnered with Boost Medical, which will now oversee various aspects of the practice's business management.
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Pain Management
Laxmaiah Manchikanti, MD, is the chairman of the board and chief executive officer of the American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians and Society of Interventional Pain Management Surgery Centers. He is also a clinical professor of anesthesiology and perioperative medicine at the University of Louisville, and he practices anesthesiology and pain management at several surgery centers.
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