#101: Reign Over Pain, Installment #7 [29:46m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (376)

Commanding news you can use to benefit your hurting patients - Part 1 of a 2-part mini series.

Hear these reports:

• Migraine patients are at high risk for Serotonin Syndrome: consider the syndrome in any migraine patient with flu-like signs and symptoms, who is also taking combination of triptan plus an SSRI (or plus another serotonin agonist drug). Also: Seratonin Syndrome, and Libby Zion are what let to the changes in US residency training (from the Libby Law).

• One-third of migraineurs can expect complete pain relief. This is promising news. Also in this study, over a12-year follow-up period only 1.6% of migraineurs developed chronic migraines.

• Role of the Stem Cell Factor (SCF) gene (for the factor and it’s receptor) in our sensitivity to pain: the discovery may lead to new approaches for treating pain, the drug Gleevac for example, which blocks the SCF receptor.

• Evidence is lacking that shoe insoles prevent general back pain: better methodologies and studies needed to study whether insoles useful in treating existing backpain or in secondary prevention.

Next week’s show: Our 8th installment of Reign Over Pain - Commanding news you can use to benefit your hurting patients. This will be Part 2 of the 2-part mini series on pain medicine. A few of the news topics we’ll cover: Fibrates and statins appear to cut the risk of neuropathy; fibromyalgia may be caused by a sensory-motor neuron mismatch; insights into the opiod pain control system; morphine as a comfort measure for the dying - or should it be for pain control for the living? And finally, the stepwise approach to managing postpartum headache.

 

 #86: Reign Over Pain - Commanding News You Can Use to Benefit Your Hurting Patients. Installment #6 [21:43m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (636)

Web links:

• Refractory Migraine Diagnostic Criteria Proposed
• Meta-Analysis Suggests Link Between PFO, Migraine
• Peripartum Migraines Linked To Increased Risk For All Vascular Events
• Combination Treatment Reduced Migraine Activity
• Refractory Migraine Diagnostic Criteria Proposed
• Venous Stenting Leads To Long-Term Reprieve From Exertional Headache
• Pregabalin Is First Drug To Get Fibromyalgia Approval
• Providers Unaware Of Shifts In Opioid Rx Rules
• Pain Treatment Centers Recognized

 

 #74 - Theater of the Mind: Psychoneuroimmunology (PNI) [34:58m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (868)

Installment #1 of Theater of the Mind: Psychoneuroimmunology (PNI) — The dynamics between the psyche, nerves, endocrine system and immune system (different channels communicating in the same network, with the same or similar languages). The nerves lead directly to the tissues and cells of the immune system, and the immune system can actually be trained by the nervous system.

Related News Coverage:

• Hormonal Changes in Chronic Stress Can Cause Brain to Rewire.
• Patients’ Artwork Grants Insight Into Living With Epilepsy
• Migraines: Are they Harbingers of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder in Iraq War Vets?

And last but not least: Beef Bones, Belly Rubs Pass Now (an FDA-approved drug to help your dog with separation anxiety).

Weblinks:

• www.pnirs.org - The Psychoimmunology Research Society (conferences, training, journal).
• www.med.umich.edu/1libr/wha/wha_ptsd_bha.htm - University of Michigan Health System website with outline and descriptions for PNI-related treatments for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.