Tuesday-Newsday #195

Time for Tuesday-Newsday! This week our subject focus is on Spondyloarthritis (Anklosing/Axial) and also Medical Marijuana. 

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

Have Pharmacies Gone Too Far? Florida Seeks an Answer 

update: State pharmacy board heard from pain sufferers who have been unable to get their prescriptions filled

Should Physicians Prescribing Opioids Be Confident In Managing Chronic Pain?

New Personalized Less Invasive Medical Monitoring: Drug Screening of Patients on Opioids

Legislators Press FDA to Add Black Box Warning to Immediate-Release Opioids

TIME Magazine Releases Cover Story on Opioid Pain Killers

Five Ways TIME Gets Pain Pills So Wrong

New study finds patients are not reading drug labels, making unwise choices about taking two or more OTC drugs at same time

RxRights Petition Urges Congress to Allow Americans Access to Canadian Medicine

In 21st Century Cures bill, voucher program to incentivize pediatric drug development raises questions

Will the 21st Century Cures Bill Lower Standards for Some Drug Approvals?

Drug company announces independent bioethicists to determine if dying patients should be allowed emergency access to experimental Rx

*MEDICAL MARIJUANA

Overall marijuana exposure of children under age 6 is rising: In states with legalized medical marijuana, the rate of exposure is almost 610%

Medical Marijuana for Pain: Many Questions Remain

Cannabis Harms Brain, Imaging Shows

opinion: Doctors don’t support medical pot

Medicinal cannabis to relieve chronic non-cancer pain likely to be more risky than beneficial, say top pain specialists down under

Medical Marijuana Amendment Passes U.S. House

Medical Marijuana for Veterans?

More on Marijuana and Opioid Mix

Why Doctors Are Slow to Embrace Medical Marijuana

opinion: Is the medical marijuana debate even worth having?

*CHRONIC PAIN NEWS

Your Medical Data, Cybercriminals' Holy Grail, Now Espionage Target

Chronic Pain and Sleep? Big Problem

Pain Drains the Brain: Why We Forget

Mindfulness as Effective as Cognitive Behaviorial Therapy (CBT) in Pain Catastrophizing

Integrative medicine has positive impact on chronic pain, depression, patient activation

Scientists discover way to grow neurons from a blood sample, which could used to experiment with innovative pain control treatments

People with a rare genetic mutation who can't feel pain are revolutionizing how we treat it

Study explores the concept of “homuncular flexibility, which will soon be studied for use in treating pain

How to Talk to Your Pain Doctor – One Patient’s Response

Living with chronic pain: Stop Worrying

Dry Needling: The Most Painful Thing I’ve Ever Loved

*SPONDYLOARTHRITIS - ANKLOSING / AXIAL

NSAIDs in Spondlyarthritis: Sorting Risks

Study Suggest Combo DMARD-TNF Inhibitor for Spondyloarthritis Helpful, But Questions Remain

Secukinumab Suppresses Signs and Symptoms of Active Ankylosing Spondylitis

Long-term Adalimumab treatment shows sustained benefits in patients with ankylosing spondylitis

Smoking impairs treatment response in inflammatory back arthritis

Depression may run with opiate use in patients with ankylosing spondylitis

Markers Predict Worsening of Ankylosing spondylitis

Physically Demanding Work May Increase Effects of Inflammation in Ankylosing Spondylitis

New insight into risk of Ankylosing Spondylitis

Ankylosing Spondylitis: More Than Just the Spine

Gene test for ankylosing spondylitis steps closer

Physically demanding work may increase effects of inflammation in ankylosing spondylitis

Restless Leg Syndrome Common in Ankylosing Spondylitis

iAnkylosing Spondylitis Pro App Simplifies a Complicated Condition

Depression, anxiety common in patients with axial spondyloarthritis

SAA’s Spondylitis Educational Seminar (Videos)

*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.

The Elevator Pitch: How to Quickly Explain Your Disease 

by Ilana Jacqueline at Let’s Feel Better

Chronic Pain: How Can You Feel Like You Belong?

by Maureen for Beliefnet

What does it mean to be "As Well As Possible?"

by Jenni Prokopy, editrix of Chronic Babe