Tuesday-Newsday #85

It’s time for Tuesday-Newsday! The Featured Blog Post this week is, “Where the Rubber Meets the Road In a Life of Chronic Pain,” by Sue Falkner-Wood.

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. As is the case with any health info, ALWAYS get your doctor's opinion first!

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** CDC and FDA ALERT **

UPDATE...

13,000 Patients May Have Been Exposed to Meningitis by Lumbar Epidural Steroid Injections: 105 cases of Meningitis reported and 8 people dead

This story continues to change almost by the hour. Health officials now say that patients began receiving the tainted steroid much earlier, as of May 21. They have released a list of all the states where vials of the drug were shipped: California, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, North Carolina, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Nevada, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, Texas, and West Virginia. 

If you think you given a tainted injection, click HERE to read my last blog post which outlines what affected patients need to know.

*MEDICATION NEWS

Senate Passes Bill To Address Drug Shortages

Black mamba venom is 'better painkiller' than morphine

Tricyclic antidepressants (TCAs) show greater efficacy than serotonin norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors (SNRIs) in the treatment of chronic pain related to neuropathic pain and fibromyalgia

Resveratrol May Preserve Pain-Relieving Effects of Morphine

Medicare Wrongly Paid $25 Million for Painkiller Refills

The tragic desperation of living with uncontrolled pain: 18 yr old woman taking 36 different medicines a day suffers allergic reaction and dies of organ failure

Need for High Opioid Dose Linked to CYP450

Neuroendocrine Levels May Offer Insight on Pain Severity

*CHRONIC PAIN NEWS

Living with Pain: Hope Stirs on the Horizon

Trauma Linked to Chronic Pain Severity

Unconscious Mind Guides Placebo Response to Pain

*PATIENT NEWS

Scientists say Ketamine may rapidly treat depression, but how long does it last?

Budeprion XL 300 (generic for Wellbutrin) pulled off the market: Defective antidepressant revives longstanding quality concerns surrounding generic drugs

Record Year for Health Care Fraud

Missing Data May Skew Clinical Trials: Expert panel recommends steps to prevent or account for incomplete information

*FIBROMYALGIA / CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME

Studies Seeking Fibro and CFIDS Patients: website #1  website #2

Low-dose Naltrexone Eases Symptoms of Fibromyalgia

Electrostimulation Device Shown to Improve Fibromyalgia

Should you get a flu shot if you have Fibromyalgia or CFIDS? One expert's view

Fibromyalgia & Chronic Pain LIFE Magazine - Sept/Oct issue

National Fibromyalgia & Chronic Pain Association newsletter

Tiny electrodes but big finding – is fibromyalgia a type of small fibre neuropathy?

Is Fibromyalgia Caused by ‘Cold Sore’ Virus? Alabama Researchers Bet It Is

Fibromyalgia: A Syndrome of Dysfunctional Pain, a Clinical Context Report

Final Verdict: XMRV Virus Unrelated to Chronic Fatigue

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS): Costs to the U.S. Taxpayer

Myasthenia Gravis often misdiagnosed as Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

*MILITARY VETERANS and PAIN

Pain Explained by Doctors, Veterans Having Harder Time Dealing (video)

mentioned in the video are these two links: #1  #2

Anti-pain device for Amputees gets grant from Department of Defense

Army Medicine’s newsletter: The Mercury 

For Combat Vets, Brain Injury and Painful Symptoms Can Last Years: Mild injury doesn't mean quick recovery, researchers say

Tripler uses cutting-edge procedures to manage pain

*FEATURED BLOG POST

Where the Rubber Meets the Road, In a Life of Chronic Pain

by Sue Falkner-Wood