Tuesday-Newsday #134

Time for Tuesday-Newsday! The Featured Blog Posts this week are “Survivor’s Guilt, Traumatic Events and Chronic Pain”, “Someone Like Me: Tips to Maintain Relationships,” and “How can I be a good friend if I have unpredictable chronic illness?”

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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*CHRONIC PAIN NEWS

Sensitivity to pain linked to differences in brain structure

Living with chronic pain through pain management psychotherapy

MRI Stimulator: Managing Pain

When the independent medical review is hardly independent

Rare Disease Day is coming up on February 28th: Find out more

Brain fog: Can’t Think Clearly? Blame Your Immune System

*MEDICATION NEWS

FDA Asks Doctors to Limit the Amount of Acetaminophen in Prescription Meds Because of Reports of Severe Liver Damage from Accidental Overdoses

‘Smart’ Hydrogels Could Treat Pain

Multiple medication use 'not always hazardous,' say researchers

Certain painkillers can intensify pain by causing a short-circuit in a molecular switch

Pain medication bill to protect New Jersey pain patients advances in legislature

Will Docs Write Rx for Apps?

As Compounding Law Passes, Split Views Persist

The Disturbing Side Effect Of Ambien, The No. 1 Prescription Sleep Aid

*OPINION: PATIENTS SPEAK ON CONTROL OF PAIN MEDICATION

Opioids: Friend, Foe or… Neither?

by Lene

Walgreens is Ruining My Life

by John McCampbell

Medication Jeopardy

by Carol Jay Levy

*PEDIATRIC PAIN

New Guideline on Opioid Withdrawal in Children

Developing safe and effective drugs to relieve chronic pain in kids

How to help kids handle pain and discomfort

Parents' attitude linked to kids' chronic pain

How to be a Teenager and Cope with Chronic Illness Offers coping skills for dealing with parents, friends and caregivers

For some young patients at Children’s National, pain is an all-too familiar companion

Chronic Illness and Education – Helping Teens Soar An inspiring look at how to help teens with chronic illness not only to survive but thrive in the school setting

Hospital offers hope for teens with mysterious, excruciating pain: Amplified Musculoskeletal Pain Syndrome

Packard Children's care teams train brain to defeat pain of CRPS

Behavioral Therapy Might Ease Kids' Migraine Symptoms: Those trained to cope with pain report less disability a year later, study finds

Thalidomide May Help Kids With Crohn's Disease: Drug previously tied to birth defects helped induce remission in children with difficult-to-treat disease

SickKids Pain Squad app named "Best in the World"

*MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS

FDA Rejects MS Drug Lemtrada

France Approves Multiple Sclerosis Treatment Based On Cannabis (Sativex)

Low Levels of Vitamin D Worsen MS

Clinical trial of vitamin' D for multiple sclerosis

Multiple Sclerosis Treatment Study Fundraising Effort: Still Seeking Patients for Trial

TB Vaccine May Work Against Multiple Sclerosis: Study: More brain lesions seen in people who got dummy injection

Oxygen therapy: Fresh air relief for multiple sclerosis patients

Antioxidant Has Promise in MS

Study Shows Moderate Exercise Relieves MS Fatigue Symptoms And Improves Quality Of Life

Why Noise Can Be a Pain in Multiple Sclerosis

Cold As Well As Heat Aggravates Multiple Sclerosis Symptoms In Some Individuals

Contrast Agent Linked With Brain Abnormalities On MRI

Patients With MS May Be at Increased Risk of Developing Cancer

MS and Alcohol: Study Sheds New Light On Multiple Sclerosis Patients & Problem Drinking

MS patient to take part in pioneering experiment using stem cells

Major Advancements Made in 2013 Toward Treating and Understanding MS Reports National Multiple Sclerosis Society

*FEATURED BLOG POSTS

Survivor’s Guilt, Traumatic Events and Chronic Pain

by Cassandra Russom

Someone Like Me: Tips to Maintain Relationships

by Colleen Sullivan

AWAP Wednesday: How can I be a good friend if I have unpredictable chronic illness?

by Jenni Prokopy, Editrix at Chronic Babe