Tuesday-Newsday #140

Time for Tuesday-Newsday! The Featured Blog Posts this week are “Ace Young on Pain, Family and Caregiving”, “Living with Disability and Its Affect on Relationships” and “How to tackle the challenge of shame.”

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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*WARNING: DRUG RECALL*

Pfizer Recalls Some Antidepressants After Drug Mixup (Effexor)

*CHRONIC PAIN NEWS

Pain Physicians Say Insurance Coverage Often Falls Short

Spinal Cord Stimulators Work Best When Implanted Early

Hormones Might Offer Relief From Chronic Pain, Small Study Suggests

The patience of Jim: Former Bills QB endured heartbreaking loss and cancer yet says he's blessed

How Calmare Therapy Helped One Pain Patient

When It Comes To Chronic Illness, College Campuses Have A Lot To Learn

Ignoring pain can lead to problems, hasten death for elderly

Pain.com Unveils New Original Series, “Pain in Unique Work Places,” Documenting Causes, Symptoms, Treatments, Tips and Prevention Techniques from Unusual Professions

*MEDICATION NEWS

Poll article #1: Majority Of Chronic Pain Sufferers Feel Treated Like ‘Drug Addicts’ By Pharmacists

Poll article #2: Pain Physicians and Pharmacists Panned by Patients in Survey

Are Generic Medications Safe? The FDA is starting launching a new program to test them for quality after recent concerns

Experts Weigh in on Recent FDA Opioid Changes

Why are patients shut out of the debate over prescription pain medicine?

Leading Pain Specialists Warn of Overdose Danger if Methadone is “Preferred” for Pain Patients on Medicaid 

Study Finds Doctors Prescribing More Sedatives; Frequent Use of Them in Combination with Opioids May Explain More Medication Deaths

Opinion: How Did We Get Here? A past American Academy of Pain Medicine president gives his view of the Opioid Crisis

Topamax Lawsuit Over Birth Defects Results in $3 Million Dollar Verdict - See more 

Resource Guide Offers Consumers Overview Of Chronic Pain Medications & Treatments

Tarantula Venom Has Painkiller Potential: Spider toxins could be used to develop safe, effective medicines, researchers say

*TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA

Gamma Knife helps patients with painful facial nerve disorder

Girl Has 2nd Brain Surgery to Alleviate Painful 'Suicide Disease'

Research team studying genetic component of trigeminal neuralgia

Researchers say using ultrasound guidance for facial injection is highly effective in treating trigeminal neuralgia

Surgical Outcomes of Trigeminal Neuralgia in Patients with Multiple Sclerosis

*OSTEOPOROSIS

Strontium should no longer be used for osteoporosis treatment

Novel Osteoporosis Drug Could Change Treatment: Study: Early results indicate romosozumab can rebuild bone

Osteoporosis drugs compared for side effects, efficacy

Research Could Lead to New Drugs for Osteoporosis

Marriage is good for the health of men's bones - but only if they marry when they're 25 or older

Scientists develop automated system that identifies high-risk osteoporosis patients

Hypertension 'increases risk of osteoporotic bone fractures'

Ovary removal might raise odds for bone loss, heart disease

Osteoporosis screening recommendations may miss two-thirds of women aged 50 to 64

Study provides guidance on drug holidays from popular osteoporosis treatments

Bone shapes links with disease, examined in new study

Cannabis May Help Protect Against Osteoporosis

*FEATURED BLOG POSTS

Ace Young on Pain, Family and Caregiving

from Pain Pathways magazine

Living with Disability and Its Affect on Relationships

By Tracy Rydzy

AWAP Wednesday: How to tackle the challenge of shame

by Jenni Prokopy, editrix of Chronic Babe