F.D.A. TO PLACE NEW LIMITS ON PRESCRIPTIONS OF NARCOTICS

From the News Desk of Jeanne Hambleton By GARDINER HARRIS -Published: February 9, 2009 WASHINGTON — Many doctors may lose their ability to prescribe 24 popular narcotics as part of a new effort to reduce the deaths and injuries that result from these medicines’ inappropriate use, federal drug officials announced Monday. A new control program [...]

PIERRE FABRE MEDICAMENT AND FOREST LABORATORIES TO COLLABORATE ON DEVELOPMENT AND COMMERCIALIZATION

Collaboration to develop proprietory selection norepinephrine and serotonin reuptake inhibitor for depression and central nervous system disorders.

NEW DATA ON THERAPIES FOR PAIN AND INFLAMMATION FROM PFIZER

By Jeanne Hambleton © Fibromite NFA Leader Against Pain While I am a great believer in positive thinking, I have to accept that medication can be the only way that allows some people to live with pain and this impossible invisible condition called fibromyalgia. From this point of view I must say I am pleased [...]

Scripps research team sheds light on long-sought cold sensation gene

Contact: Marisela Chevez mchevez@scripps.edu 858-784-2171 Scripps Research Institute Discovery could lead to new treatments to ease pain The discovery, reported in the May 3 issue of the journal Neuron, might one day lead to the development of drugs that induce cold sensation as an analgesic, or block it to prevent certain forms of chronic pain [...]

Scientists find new agent to fight genetic disorders — Zorro-Locked Nucleic Acid

Contact: Cody Mooneyhan cmooneyhan@faseb.org 301-634-7104 Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology A study to appear in the June 2007 issue of The FASEB Journal describes a new agent, called “Zorro-LNA,” which has the potential to stop genetic disorders in their tracks. In the study, researchers from the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden, describe how [...]

Neck and back pain: musculoskeletal disorders.

1: Neurol Clin. 2007 May;25(2):419-38. Meleger AL, Krivickas LS. Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Harvard Medical School and Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, 125 Nashua Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA. In this article, non-neurologic causes of neck and back pain are reviewed. Musculoskeletal pain generators include muscle, tendon, ligament, intervertebral disc, articular cartilage, and bone. Disorders [...]

The relationship between psychological factors and health care-seeking behavior in fibromyalgia patients

1: Turk Psikiyatri Derg. 2007 Spring;18(1):22-30. Gulec H, Sayar K, Yazici Gulec M. Uzm., SB, Erenkoy RSHH., Istanbul, Turkey. huseyingulec@yahoo.com OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to examine whether cognitive factors, such as attributions, expectations, and anger management style, contribute to the decision to seek medical care for fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS). METHOD: We recruited [...]

US Senate introduces bill to train more preventive medicine doctors

Contact: Paul Bonta pbonta@acpm.org 202-466-2044 x110 American College of Preventive Medicine Preventive medicine physicians are on the frontlines of America’s emerging health threats Washington, D.C., April 16, 2007 – U.S. Senators Tom Harkin (D-IA), Johnny Isakson (R-GA), Jeff Bingaman (D-NM), and Joe Lieberman (I-CT) joined together today to take a major step toward stemming the [...]

Concepts in pain management.

Gulur P, Soldinger SM, Acquadro MA. Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital Pain Center, 15 Parkman Street, WACC 333, Boston, MA 02114, USA. Pain has become an increasingly recognized symptom that plays a major role in the treatment of many podiatric patients. Management of this now accepted fifth vital sign can be accomplished through many [...]

Abnormal brain processing of affective and sensory pain descriptors in chronic pain patients.

Sitges C, Garcia-Herrera M, Pericas M, Collado D, Truyols M, Montoya P. Department of Psychology, University of Balearic Islands, Spain; Research Institute on Health Sciences (IUNICS), Palma, Spain. OBJECTIVE: Previous research has suggested that chronic pain patients might be particularly vulnerable to the effects of negative mood during information processing. However, there is little evidence [...]