Revised chronic pain guideline backs early review for patients prescribed opioids
Patients prescribed opioids should be reviewed soon after starting new medication and receive ongoin...
NICE scraps recommendations for paracetamol and acupuncture for low back pain
Exercise is the optimum way to manage low back pain, NICE experts have said in its latest draft guid...
App for chronic pain patients to reduce GP visits
GP practices across Leeds have become the first in the UK to give patients with chronic pain an app ...
Back and neck pain has biggest health impact on UK patients, study finds
UK patients lost more 'healthy years' of life to neck and back pain than any other condition in 2013...
GP warning following antidepressant and NSAID bleeding link
GPs should 'pay special attention' to patients taking both antidepressants and NSAIDs, experts have ...
Paracetamol ineffective against lower back pain, reveals study
GPs should reconsider advising patients to take paracetamol as the first-line treatment for lower ba...
Chilli pain patch is approved for Wales
A patch that uses the active ingredient found in chilli peppers to treat peripheral neuropathic pain...
Botox migraine treatment to be assessed by NICE
Treatment of migraine with botulinum toxin type A is to be assessed by NICE, details of the institut...
GP commissioners reform access to primary pain care
Numbers of patients who benefit from pain services in Sheffield are to triple under reforms led by G...
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