I have often in these virtual pages emphasized the
importance of sleep in reducing the severity of chronic pain. Sleep has been shown in fibromyalgia studies
to be extremely important in reducing the pain fibromyalgia patients experience, and a lack of sleep appears to contribute to
the misery restless legs syndrome (RLS) patients... Read more
Restless leg syndrome (RLS) is a common and sometimes
devastating condition. I see it quite frequently
in many of my chronic pain patients. In
fact, it contributes to quite a bit of chronic pain, because of the difficulty
it causes in terms of getting a good night's rest, and because it in and of
itself can be rather... Read more
It is well known that breakthrough pain (BTP) remains the scourge of those who suffer from chronic pain. It seems these patients cannot experience any sort of reasonable prolonged relief. Fentanyl buccal tablets (FBT) have been used for quite a long time for cancer-related BTP, and in fact is FDA-approved for this indication. But... Read more
Ah, the holidays. It is a time when many of us revert to our stereotypical roles. The men are in the family room watching the latest bowl game, and the women are in the kitchen cooking. But are some of those poor ladies cooking doing so on painful knees? And if so, what can the rest of us do--short of asking them to relax and not... Read more
When Cox-2 inhibitors first came on the market there was almost euphoria. Finally, those patients with chronic pain and in need of anti-inflammatory medication have a safer alternative to the "old" anti-inflammatory drugs such as Motrin and Naprosyn--drugs that carried with them an increased risk of hospitalization and even death due to... Read more
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