Tuesday-Newsday #67

It’s time for Tuesday-Newsday! The featured blog post this week is “How to Avoid Burning Out Your Support Network" by Wendy of Transform Your Chronic Life.

Let Me Know: If you’d like me to watch for articles on your pain condition, just drop me a note in the comments section below.

WARNING:  My goal is to provide the most up-to-date news I can, which you can then take to your personal doctor and debate the merits of before you try it. I do not endorse any of the docs, treatments, info, and meds in anything I post nor can I guarantee they are all effective, especially not for everyone. I always include the citation, source, or website so you know where it came from. As is the case with any health info, ALWAYS get your doctor's opinion first!

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*ALERT* -  FDA ISSUES WARNING FOR:  REUMOFAN PLUS

The FDA is warning consumers against using a Mexican "natural" dietary supplement promoted for pain relief due to unlabeled and potentially harmful pharmaceutical ingredients. Read all the details HERE

*CHRONIC PAIN NEWS

Tennessee is first state to pass a law requiring doctors to check a drug monitoring database before they prescribe pain medication 

New pain devices show promise

A Doctor’s Perspective on tDCS for pain (Transcranial direct current stimulation)

*PAIN Rx

Implantable pain disk may help those with cancer: Researchers are optimistic it could be used for other pain patients

Drug shortages continuing: Hospitals struggle on, fear for patients 

read more HERE

Many Americans Taking Too Much Acetaminophen: Study finds many people take 8 to 12 capsules daily, putting them at risk for liver damage

Living with Pain: The Pharmacy Crawl in Florida


*FIBROMYALGIA SURVEYS SEEKING PATIENTS
Click on the study name to take part:
~Fibromyalgia & Family Impact Survey (deadline is today)
~Fibromyalgia and PROMIS study

*CANCER

Cancer Patients Fare Well on High-Dose Sublingual Fentanyl

Implantable pain disk may help those with cancer

Antidepressant Cymbalta Might Ease Chemo-Linked Pain: Could be first effective treatment for tingling, numbness of peripheral neuropathy, study finds

Ginseng Capsules Seem to Ease Cancer-Related Fatigue

Cannabinoid Shown Effective as Adjuvant Analgesic for Cancer Pain

New Drug Zytiga Slows Prostate Cancer While Easing Pain

FDA to let women try new breast drugs earlier: Experimental drugs could go to women who could actually benefit

Women treated with chest radiation for cancer when young have higher risk of developing breast cancer than previously thought

Older Drug for Advanced Breast Cancer Beat Newer, Pricier Meds: Study found Taxol outperformed Abraxane, Ixempra in terms of survival and side effects

Study Links Pre-Operative Breast Cancer Pain to Inflammatory Mechanisms

*JUVENILE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS

For JRA, Pill May Work as Well as Needle: Study finds Methotrexate given orally had similar effects as via injection

Disability From Juvenile Arthritis Hurts Adult Job Prospects: Rates of unemployment much higher than that of general population

*FEATURED BLOG POST

How to Avoid Burning Out Your Support Network

by Wendy of TransformYourChronicLife