Risk for Lower Back Pain Seen With Asthma, COPD
Patients with asthma and/or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease have an increased risk for the development of long-term lower back pain.
Pain
Hot Pavement Can Burn Feet in Seconds
More education needed to warn of burn risk from hot pavement, particularly as temps exceed 100.
Self-Administered Acupressure May Improve Pain, Fatigue in Chronic Low Back Pain
Self-administered acupressure may be efficacious for reducing pain and fatigue in patients with chronic low back pain.
Sleep Disorders Up Health Care Visits, Costs for Low Back Pain
However, sleep disorder does not lessen the impact of pain intensity, disability on health care utilization.
Reducing Postoperative Opioid Consumption
Prescribing fewer opioid pills after surgery and providing opioid use education before surgery may reduce postoperative opioid consumption.
Supply of Opioids Predicts Long-Term Use in Injured Workers
Odds of long-term opioid use up with initial Rx for 5- to 9-day supply vs supply of less than 5 days.
Use of Diagnostic Imaging for Low Back Pain Increasing in Primary Care
Researchers utilized a national commercial insurance claims database to determine the current temporal and geographic trends of imaging use in the primary care setting for the evaluation of low back pain.
Inpatient Opioid Administration Patterns Linked to Post-Discharge Use in Opioid-Naive Patients
Rates of opioid administration were found to be high in opioid-naive inpatients.
Most Adult-Use Cannabis Customers Use for Pain, Sleep Relief
Retail customers report decreases in prescriptions, over-the-counter meds due to effectiveness of cannabis.
Reduced Sleep Quality in Chronic, Episodic Cluster Headache
Patients with vs without episodic or chronic cluster headache may have reduced sleep quality.
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