The HCPLive conference coverage page features articles, videos, and expert-led live coverage from major medical meetings throughout the year.
Is it Neuropathic Pain or Sensory Hypersensitivity?
September 8th 2016Different types of pain respond to different medications; so a collaborative team across the United States and United Kingdom looked at how the Chronic Pain Questionnaire (CPQ) can assist in making those important treatment decisions.
Nitrous Oxide Is Safe, Effective for Painful Procedures
September 7th 2016There’s many benefits to using nitrous oxide for analgesia – which is why it’s a staple for dentists. Dubbed “laughing gas,†the tasteless, colorless gas has proven to be safe and effective for both adults and children.
Lidocaine Shouldn't Be Used Only by Dentists to Manage Pain
September 7th 2016When a patient presents at the emergency room with severe pain, there are various things to take into consideration before deciding on a course of action. But there are new options out there that probably aren’t at the forefront of your thinking.
Not All Doctors Are on Board with New CDC Opioid Guidelines
September 7th 2016In March 2016, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published new guidelines for prescribing opioids. And while the aim is to curb the deadly opioid epidemic, some physicians saying that the changes could cause other prescription issues.
The “Forgotten Opioid†Is Beneficial as First-Line Drug or in Rotation
September 7th 2016Oxycodone, morphine, hydrocodone, and codeine are among the commonly recognized prescription painkillers. But levorphanol is one that has been around since 1953, yet is often left behind for a newer medication.
Study Finds Opioids Provide Chronic Pain Relief for at Least Three Months
September 7th 2016The subjectivity of pain is just one of the reasons that it’s challenging to manage. A common strategy comes in the form of prescription drugs, which poses its own set of challenges. Therefore, it isn’t clear how well opioids actually work.
Revised FDA-Recommended Questions for Potential Opioid Abuse Provide Clearer Outcomes
September 7th 2016The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) created the Guidance for the Assessment of Abuse Potential of drugs for patients who have a history of recreational opioid use. But does the strategy actually work?
Ibrahim Danad, MD: PACIFIC Trial: Which Imaging Tool Has The Greatest Diagnostic Accuracy?
At The European Society of Cardiology Congress 2016 (ESC), Ibrahim Danad, MD, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands, explained the results from his team's PACIFIC trial, which assessed two non-invasive coronary artery imaging tools: positon emission tomography (PET) and single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT).
PCI: New Imaging Detects Heart Attack Patients Who Don't Need It
About a quarter of patients who survived heart attacks due to blocked arteries could be treated with drugs, not invasive procedures. The trick is determining whether the blockage is cause by plaque erosion, not plaque rupture. With optical coherence tomography a team in Boston did just that.
Anselm K. Gitt, MD: DYSIS and Increased Persistent Lipid Abnormalities
At the European Society of Cardiology Congress 2016 (ESC) in Rome, Italy, Anselm Gitt, MD discussed the DYSIS program, which was designed to get an idea to see how patients were treated for secondary prevention, focusing on dyslipidemia patients.
Study: Drug-Eluting Stents No Better than Bare Metal
Drug-eluting stents are falling far short of their promises of fewer complications, improved mortality and quality of life, a study found. In the largest study ever done comparing newer drug-eluting stents to bare metal devices, Norwegian researchers found the drug stents did not show a difference in these outcomes.
Michael Lincoff, MD: Lipid Levels & Cardiovascular Outcomes With CETP Inhibition
At the European Society of Cardiology Congress 2016 (ESC) in Rome, Italy, Michael Lincoff, MD, Cleveland Clinic explained results from ACCELERATE trial involving patients with high risk vascular disease who received evacetrapib on top of standard care.
Sigrun Halvorsen, MD: Comparing Bleeding Rates in Non-valvular AF Patients Prescribed Anticoagulants
At the European Society of Cardiology Congress 2016 (ESC), Sigrun Halvorsen, MD, Oslo University discussed the results of her study which analyzed the bleeding rates among NVAF patients who were prescribed anticoagulants.