Anesthesiology
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<ѻýҕl>Killing Pain: Benzo 'Boost' Can Be Deadlyѻýҕl>
Adding a benzodiazepine to an opioid painkiller can increase the effect of the opioid, or in the language of addiction, benzos can boost the high -- but the combo can be deadly, according to this Killing Pain report from ѻýҕl and the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
Feb 25, 2014
<ѻýҕl>10 Questions: E. Wesley Ely, MD, MPHѻýҕl>
What's the biggest barrier to practicing medicine today? That's just the first of the 10 Questions the ѻýҕl staff is asking leading clinicians and researchers to get their personal views on their chosen profession. In this series we share their uncensored responses. Here, answers from pulmonary and critical care expert E. Wesley Ely, MD, MPH.
Jan 19, 2014
<ѻýҕl>Killing Pain: Tramadol the 'Safe' Drug of Abuseѻýҕl>
Almost 2 decades have passed since the FDA approved tramadol as a 'safe' opioid, but the intervening years provide evidence to question that 'safe' claim, as this latest investigation by John Fauber for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel-ѻýҕl revealed.
Dec 22, 2013
<ѻýҕl>Fast-Acting AMA Group Hopes to Fix SGRѻýҕl>
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. -- A large coalition of American Medical Association members met in seclusion Sunday morning here at the interim meeting of the House of Delegates and rapidly found consensus on a proposed resolution for the repeal of Medicare's sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula.
Nov 18, 2013
<ѻýҕl>Common Cause for Bruxism, Restless Legs, Migraine?ѻýҕl>
NEW ORLEANS -- About half of patients with restless legs syndrome (RLS) seen in a single neurology practice also qualified for diagnoses of bruxism and migraine, suggesting a possible common cause for these disorders, a researcher said here.
Oct 17, 2013
<ѻýҕl>Deaths Trigger DEA Probe of Pain Specialistѻýҕl>
Treating pain is challenging, and sometimes perilous, for both physician and patient, as is illustrated by Lynn Webster, MD, president-elect of the American Academy of Pain Medicine, who is the subject of an investigation triggered by as many as 20 deaths among his patients.
Feb 20, 2013