Tuesday-Newsday #170

Time for Tuesday-Newsday... just delayed by one day! The Featured Blog Posts this week are “Adjusting to Serious Illness: Strategies for Patients and Their Families“ and “Can You Harness the Power of Community?” and “Roles People in Your Life Play When You Have a Chronic Condition.”

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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*ALERT: Rx RECALL*

Packaging Mix-Up of Naproxen Sold by Dollar Tree Stores & Website

*MEDICATION NEWS

Prescribers Say Hydrocodone Rescheduling Hurts Legitimate Pain Patients

opinion: Distrust and Don’t Verify

3D printing may make individualized medicine more affordable

The Dangers of Mixing Medication: One body, multiple drugs can be a recipe for disaster

*CHRONIC PAIN NEWS

Researchers find nearly 1 in 5 adults have persistent pain

New Chronic Pain Ultrasound Therapy: Sustained Acoustic Medicine (SAM)

Changing how primary-care doctors treat pain, fatigue and other common symptoms

Chronic pain testing for Native Americans in full swing

How to Understand Someone With Chronic Pain

The Past, Present and Future of Chronic Pain Treatment

Patients with Catastrophizing Disorder More Likely to Develop Chronic Pain After Surgery

Agonising pain, broken bones and even spinal damage...Forget killer heels. It's flats that really leave your feet in agony

RARE Toolkits provide individuals with usable information on a variety of topics for rare disease patients

*DIABETIC PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY 

Statins May Help Prevent Diabetes-Related Nerve Damage, Study Finds

Spinal-Cord Stimulation 'Last Resort' for Diabetic Nerve Pain

Diabetes and Fibromyalgia: How do you tell the difference?

Diabetic peripheral neuropathy increased risk for fall

Loss of Sensation in Feet From Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy Linked to Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke in Diabetics

November is Diabetes Awareness Month

*OSTEOPOROSIS

The Weaker Sex: Men With Osteoporosis Are Neglected

Osteoporosis Screening Guidelines May Miss Younger Women at Risk

Osteoporosis Drugs Work, But Review Finds No Clear Winner: Risk of 'atypical' fractures is rare

More Evidence Ties Some Bone-Building Drugs to Rare Fractures: But experts say benefits of bisphosphonates outweigh risks for those with osteoporosis

Revealing novel mode of action for osteoporosis drug Raloxifene 

Romosozumab Increases Bone Mineral Density in Postmenopausal Women

SSRIs, Hypnotics Increase Fracture Risk

Proteins causing daytime sleepiness also tied to bone formation, providing target for osteoporosis

New tool in development that could drastically reduce the number of potential future hip fractures

Kidney Stones Up Fracture Risk

Baby Boomers and Scoliosis: Osteoporosis Is Risk Factor

Paralyzed patients have weaker bones, higher risk of fractures than expected

Many moles linked to lower risk of osteoporosis

Wine, nuts and chocolate 'may prevent brittle bones': Compound in treats found to have anti-inflammatory properties 

Two or three cups of tea a day could keep osteoporosis at bay

Controversial Observational Study: Milk may increase risk of fractures & overall mortality in both sexes, but cause and effect not proven

Osteoporosis risks gauged by online test

These ignored cells might prevent Osteoporosis

*FEATURED BLOG POSTS

Even if a Featured Blog Post is written specifically with emphasis on one chronic pain condition, it may still have information and ideas which can help people with any type of chronic pain/illness. I always select posts which I think can provide help for the widest audience.

Roles People in Your Life Play When You Have a Chronic Condition

by Barby Ingle, chairman of Power of Pain Foundation

Adjusting to Serious Illness: Strategies for Patients and Their Families

by Bruce Campbell at CFIDS & Fibromaygla Self-Help

Can You Harness the Power of Community?

by Sue Ingebretson at Rebuilding Wellness

*WARNING*: Rx Recall of Naproxen sold by Dollar Tree

*ALERT* - Rx Recall: Packaging Mix-Up of Naproxen Sold by Dollar Tree Stores & Website

Assured™ brand Naproxen tablets were mixed up with Ibuprofen soft gels. If you suffer from allergies or if you avoid Ibuprofen because of your medical condition, click the headline to find more information at FDA alert page. 

Be advised that allergic reactions can range from mild irritation or hives to serious reactions such as anaphylaxes that may be life-threatening.

Tuesday-Newsday #169

Time for Tuesday-Newsday! The Featured Blog Posts this week are “We are NOT Invisible”, “How do you deal with naysayers?” and “Inspiration porn, stigma and the way out.”

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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*MEDICATION NEWS

FDA Approves New Anti-Abuse Label for Embeda

Smaller Dosage of Butrans Patch for Chronic Pain Launched

Many Pain Patients Say Drugs Don’t Work, Survey of 1,000 Patients Finds

Long-term care providers might need to change pain management to cut opioid use, MedPAC analyst says

Pill mill fallout: Legitimate patients have trouble getting pain meds

Opioid-induced Constipation

Tricks, treats & THC fears in Colorado: There is worry that marijuana-laced candy will end up in kids' Halloween bags

*CHRONIC PAIN NEWS

IOM Backs Chronic Pain Numbers in JAMA After Groups Say It Contributed to Overprescribing

Chronic Pain Malpractice Claims on the Rise

The pain test: Doctors have no idea how much their patients are suffering. That's about to change

Chronic pain warps personalities

Exercise could help predict susceptibility to chronic pain

New center to investigate link between neuroplasticity and long-term pain

The Canadian Pain Coalition States Urgency to Improve Chronic Pain Awareness and Access to Multidisciplinary Treatment Options

opinion: The Problem with Pain: People Are Afraid. (On Activist Fatigue, and Why We Must Keep Talking)

*PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS

Psoriatic Arthritis Patients Will Soon Get New Guidelines

Psoriatic arthritis patients need better screening, warns panel of experts

Secukinumab benefits outweighs risk says FDA staff

Apremilast and the Future of Psoriatic Arthritis Treatment 

Drug combination raises shingles risk 

New Findings From PSOLAR Show Persistency Difference Among Biologic Therapies

Don’t fear fungal infections in psoriasis patients on biologics

Patients with Psoriatic Arthritis Tend to Quickly Modify or Abandon Initial Treatment 

Weight-loss benefits extend to psoriatic arthritis

Smoking Worsens Psoriatic Arthritis

New method for predicting psoriatic arthritis therapy response devised 

Psoriatic Arthritis Factors Can Affect Employment Status

How Is Psoriatic Arthritis Diagnosed – Or Misdiagnosed?

Multicenter cooperative psoriatic arthritis study group formed

*JUVENILE ARTHRITIS 

Humira (Adalimumab) Receives FDA Approval for pJIA in Children Aged 2 Years & Up

Navigating this strange world JRA

New Biologic Drugs Boost Outlook for Kids with Juvenile Arthritis

Order of JIA Therapy Tapering Makes a Difference

Juvenile Arthritis Research Finds Support on CureArthritis.org

opinion: Fear - The other side of Juvenile Arthritis

*FEATURED BLOG POSTS

Even if a Featured Blog Post is written specifically with emphasis on one chronic pain condition, it may still have information and ideas which can help people with any type of chronic pain/illness. I always select posts which I think can provide help for the widest audience.

We are NOT Invisible

by Sarah Kate at Silver Linings

How do you deal with naysayers? (AWAP Wednesday)

by Jenni Prokopy, editrix of Chronic Babe

Inspiration porn, stigma and the way out

by Lene Andersen for Creaky Joints

Tuesday-Newsday #168

Time for Tuesday-Newsday! The Featured Blog Posts this week are “Lost in a Maze”, “Be Your Own Advocate” and “The Power of Advocacy: Can YOU Make a Difference?”

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

Adolescent Chronic Pain Costs $19.5 Billion a Year in the United States

Chronic Pain Sufferers Turning To Eastern Medicine For Relief

Physical and Social Activities Affect Onset of Insomnia and Pain

First Comprehensive Neurostimulation Guidance Unveiled

Miniature wireless device being developed by Stanford Bio-X team creates better way of studying chronic pain

Anxiety Release Mobile App May Help Control Chronic Pain

New technology extreme cold to treat chronic pain: Cryotherapy

Acupuncture May Not Help Chronic Knee Pain, Study Finds

The Importance of the Healing Power of Art

The Healing Power of Art: Can Hospital Collections Help?

Coping with chronic illness and depression

Ayurvedic medicine: History, basics, treatments and caveats

The Perfect Fit: Seven Steps to Finding a Doctor Who is Right for You

*MEDICATION NEWS

Study calls lack of data on widely used opioid painkillers 'shocking'

New test could revolutionise the discovery of new prescription drugs

Insured? You Still May Pay High Prescription Costs

*INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES (IBD)

Needle Coated Capsules May Soon Replace Injections For IBD Medication Delivery

Possible Medical Marijuana Use for Digestive Disorders?

Restarting Infliximab for IBD after a drug holiday

Prevalence of Chronic Narcotic Use Among Children With Inflammatory Bowel Disease

The effectiveness of inflammatory bowel disease therapy could be prolonged by proactive monitoring

Ontario has one of the highest rates of IBD in the world

Growing up on livestock farm halves risk of inflammatory bowel diseases

Pain treatments less effective for those with irritable bowel

New Guidelines Issued for IBS, Chronic Constipation 

Why pain relief drugs don't work for IBS

Adolescents with IBS have lower pain sensitivity (hyperalgesia), but normal pain tolerance

Link between depression, abnormal brain response to visceral pain in patients with IBS

Acupuncture Helps Crohn’s Disease Patients

New tool to help GIs evaluate and treat Crohn's disease

CATS Trial offers new hope for severe Crohn’s disease

FDA Approves Humira for the Treatment of Crohn’s Disease in Children

Epigenetic changes in children with Crohn's disease seen in study

23andMe Announces Agreement with Pfizer to Research Genetics of Ulcerative Colitis and Crohn’s Disease

Further Data Support Safety, Efficacy of Entyvio for Ulcerative Colitis and Crohn’s

Final Approval of Uceris Rectal Foam for Ulcerative Colitis Granted by FDA

Genetic factors involved in pediatric ulcerative colitis discovered

*LYME DISEASE

New Lyme disease guidelines welcomed by sufferers of chronic Lyme disease

‘Chronic Lyme Disease’ Debate Reaches US Capitol

Controversy: Infectious disease specialists agree that “chronic Lyme disease” does not exist; some patients and doctors strongly disagree

Lyme Patients Infiltrate IDWeek Medical Conference, Call on IDSA Members for Help

A big dispute behind a tiny tick bite: What to call the lingering effects of Lyme disease?

Pennsylvania governor signs law to create Lyme disease task force, focuses on prevention

Two-Tiered Lab Testing for Lyme Disease—No Better Than a Coin Toss. Time for change?

opinion: When family members don’t believe you have Lyme

*FEATURED BLOG POSTS

Even if a Featured Blog Post is written specifically with emphasis on one chronic pain condition, it may still have information and ideas which can help people with any type of chronic pain/illness. I always select posts which I think can provide help for the widest audience.

Lost in a Maze 

by Jan Sadler of PainSupportUK

Be Your Own Advocate

by Kelly Patricia 

The Power of Advocacy: Can YOU Make a Difference?

by Carol Harper for PainPathways magazine

Tuesday-Newsday #167

Time for Tuesday-Newsday! The Featured Blog Posts this week are “Invisible llness & Suicide”, “Killing Me Softly: FM/CFS & Suicide” and “Lost in Grief.” 

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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*MEDICATION NEWS

Tighter restrictions on popular painkillers with Hydrocone kicked in yesterday

NSAIDs combined with other drugs may cause high risk of GI bleeding

Deaths from Opioid Overdoses Decline

Cannabis 'can trigger a heart attack': Risk increases FIVE-fold in the hour after drug is smoked 

Drug company races to FDA with abuse-deterrent version of maligned pain pill Zohydro

FDA Fires Back At Critics of its Zohydro Policy

FDA Okays Methylnaltrexone (Relistor) for Opioid Constipation

Doctors prescribe more painkillers to women, study confirms

Stepwise Stages Critical When Tapering Pain Meds

As insurers end coverage for compounded drugs, patients struggle

Are Expired Medications OK to Take?

When Counterfeit and Contaminated Drugs Are Deadly

An ingestible pill with needles could be the new form of injection

The Conundrums of Chronic Opioid Therapy for Noncancer Pain Management: Two doctors’ give their expert opinion

opinion: Opioid Bias Hurts Pain Patients

*CHRONIC PAIN NEWS

Pain words like ache, agony, and distress stand out more for those experiencing it

"My Pain Feels Like…" Patient Initiative Gets the Status of European Best Practice

Questionnaire: How would you describe your pain?

Twitch the Knots Away: Functional Dry Needling provides pain relief for tight, sore muscles

What to Do When Your Doctor Doesn’t Believe Your Pain 

How your clothes can cause you pain: The worst wardrobe offenders for your body

Pain-Free Clothing for Today’s Pain Sufferers

*DISABILITY

Disability Income Preparation Guide

Your Rights When a Disability Claim is Terminated

'Why do they let them live?': Disabled people hold up signs repeating the humiliating things they've heard said about them

The Pain of Passing My Disability on to My Child

Five reasons why every person with a disability should volunteer

*NECK & SHOULDER PAIN

Cervical Disc Clinical Trial for People with Neck and Arm Pain 

Acupuncture Found Superior To Drug for Neck Disc Pain 

Adequate doses of massage treatment necessary for relief of neck pain

Neck manipulation may be associated with stroke

BMI Predicts Neck Pain After Car Crash

New Perspectives on Neurogenic Thoracic Outlet Syndrome

Shoulder Pain: PT Works Well and Costs Less Than Shots

*TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA

Competing for Awareness on Trigeminal Neuralgia Awareness Day, October 7th

High Rate of Misdiagnoses for Lesser Known ‘Suicide Disease’ Spotlights Need for Second Opinion

More common procedures for painful facial tics carry high costs

Patients with Trigeminal Neuralgia find relief from non-invasive Gamma Knife procedure

Social media push makes surgery possible for young man in pain

Two doses of botulinum toxin type A for the treatment of Trigeminal Neuralgia

*FEATURED BLOG POSTS

Even if a Featured Blog Post is written specifically with emphasis on one chronic pain condition, it may still have information and ideas which can help people with any type of chronic pain/illness. I always select posts which I think can provide help for the widest audience.

Invisible llness & Suicide - AWAP Wednesday 

by Jenni Prokopy, editrix of ChronicBabe

Killing Me Softly: FM/CFS & Suicide

by Lisa Lorden Myers

Lost in Grief

by leitis23 of Then Everything Changed