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American Academy of Pain Management (AAPM) 2016 Annual Meeting

September 22 - 25, 2016; San Antonio, Texas

September 22 - 25, 2016 San Antonio, Texas

AAPM Pain Experts Want Better Coverage for Alternative Therapies While prescribing of opioids is being discouraged, alternatives such as acupuncture and biofeedback aren't being reimbursed.
Medscape Medical News, October 6, 2016
AAPM Abuse-Deterrent Hydrocodone ER Safe, Effective in Back Pain An extension study shows that patients receiving an investigational abuse-deterrent hydrocodone (Vantrela ER) maintained pain relief for 6 months and that the drug was still safe.
Medscape Medical News, October 4, 2016
AAPM Opioid Prescribing Varies Even Within Single Institution Researchers find markedly different opioid prescribing trends at two facilities of single institution in Boston.
Medscape Medical News, September 30, 2016

AAPM Yoga as Good as Physical Therapy for Back Pain
Medscape Medical News, September 29, 2016
AAPM Food and Pain: The 'Essentials'
Medscape Medical News, September 28, 2016
AAPM Ketamine May Be Useful in Migraine, Chronic Pain
Medscape Medical News, September 27, 2016
AAPM American Academy of Pain Management Gets a New Name
Medscape Medical News, September 22, 2016

Fibromyalgia Linked to Deficiencies in RBC Magnesium, IGF-1 A small study shows deficiencies in red blood cell magnesium and insulin-like growth factor 1 in patients with fibromyalgia and reflects growing interest in the role of hormones and endocrine factors in chronic pain.
Medscape Medical News, Sep 22, 2015
Immersive Program Shown to Help Reduce Pain, Opioid Use An integrative program combines therapies for physical and mental wellness, including CBT and exercise, encouraging patients to self-manage their own pain.
Medscape Medical News, Sep 21, 2015
Chronic Back Pain May Be Arachnoiditis A small survey of patients with MRI-confirmed arachnoiditis show a common symptom of severe pain with prolonged standing; the condition may often be overlooked in chronic pain.
Medscape Medical News, Sep 23, 2015

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