pain management
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May 13, 2016
New pain medicine from a fungus?
Collybolide – a natural product isolated from a mushroom – is a promising candidate for the development of non-addictive pain medicines. -
June 4, 2015
Study highlights need for orthopaedic surgeons to use caution when prescribing opioid pain medications
A Vanderbilt physician researcher is highlighting that orthopaedic surgeons are among the highest prescribers of opioid pain medicine in the United States and calling on practitioners to exercise caution when prescribing the potentially addictive pain medicine. -
April 13, 2015
Vanderbilt study finds babies exposed to narcotic pain relievers more likely to experience drug withdrawal syndrome
Legally prescribed narcotics taken during pregnancy can lead to neonatal abstinence syndrome, especially in combination with tobacco or SSRIs. -
January 20, 2015
Vanderbilt study finds use of methadone to treat pain carries increased risk of death
Outside the hospital, use of methadone to treat pain carries a 46 percent increased risk of death when compared to the equally effective but more costly alternative, morphine SR (sustained release).