Relationships are often one of the biggest casualties of chronic pain. A recent news story got me to thinking about the toll any kind of illness, particularly a chronic illness, takes on relationships. (Note: I have no idea whether or not this story is true. Since the story broke on ESPN a day or so ago, it has gone... Read more
A new study, published in the December issue of Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics, suggests that adding a cannabinoid to opioid therapy may result in greater relief of chronic pain at lower opioid doses. Study Design and ResultsTwenty-one individuals with chronic pain, who took twice-daily doses of sustained-release morphine or... Read more
According to a new study, published online Jan. 23 in the Journal of Pain, women report more intense pain than men in virtually every disease category. Study Design and ResultsUsing electronic medical records from a large hospital database, researchers analyzed the pain scores of more than 11,000 individual adult patients in 47 separate... Read more
In my New Year's Eve post, Starting a Fresh New Year Despite the Same Old Chronic Pain, I talked about being in a rut and trying to look at various areas of my life from a different perspective. One new community member who commeted on my post said that, although they had been bedridden for the last four to five years, they, too, were ready... Read more
A new study, to be published in the journal Pain Medicine, found that people with fibromyalgia tended to be deficient in vitamin D. The results also indicated that treatment with high-dose vitamin D3 resulted in significant improvement of most fibromyalgia symptoms. Study Design and ResultsThis Saudi Arabian study looked at 30 female... Read more
