Feb 21, 2007By: Bonnie DarvesDocguide.comSALT LAKE CITY, UT — Managing pain in hospice patients and those with life-threatening conditions who also have addiction disorders can be challenging, but physicians should generally employ the same principles and processes they use to relieve pain in nonaddicted patients, according to a presentation made here at the annual assembly [...]
Febr 19, 2007By: Bonnie DarvesDocguide.comSALT LAKE CITY, UT — Clinicians treating patients who have chronic pain are more likely to achieve optimal results if they first identify the cause of the pain, and then reiterate doses frequently and reassess continually the regimen's effectiveness.And for patients with severe, persistent pain, physicians should use long-acting opioids around [...]
Feb 18, 2007Author UnknownHuliq.comWhether they're fighting postoperative soreness or relieving chronic discomfort from conditions such as cancer, morphine and other opioids are powerful weapons against pain. Now, in research published online in Nature Neuroscience, Brown University scientists give one reason why these painkillers work so well.The secret: They act on a special form of N-type [...]
Feb 16, 2007Author UnknownThe Associated PressCHICAGO - There's an open secret in medicine: Patients lie.They lie about how much they smoke and whether they're taking their medicine. They understate how much they drink and overstate how much they exercise. They feign symptoms to get appointments quicker and ask doctors to hide the truth from insurance [...]
Feb 16, 2007By: Charles Proctor and Peter Y. Hong The Los Angeles Times
State medical officials said Thursday that they were conducting a review of a Los Angeles doctor who reportedly prescribed methadone to Anna Nicole Smith under an alias.Dr. Sandeep Kapoor, who has an office in Studio City, came under scrutiny after information was brought [...]
Feb 15, 2007 By: Luke BroadwateExaminer.comBALTIMORE - Dr. Nelson H. Hendler pleaded guilty to a drug distribution charge in Baltimore County Circuit Court — but maintained his innocence and avoided a conviction.“He absolutely believes he is innocent, as do I,” Hendler’s attorney Brian Thompson said. “He was being threatened with a federal indictment. Because they [...]
