Research Coordinator opportunities at San Francisco VAMC
Hi! I'm hiring again! Come work for me!
Researchers from the San Francisco VA Health Care System and the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) are recruiting paid, full-time research coordinators for multiple clinical trials and feasibility studies evaluating treatments for Veterans with PTSD, sleep disorders, chronic pain, and aging-related conditions. We are seeking coordinators with at least a bachelor’s degree in psychology (or related fields) who are able to start by January...
Read more (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - October 19, 2021 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: DrLizG Tags: Psychology [Psy.D. / Ph.D.] Source Type: forums
Re: Medical cannabis or cannabinoids for chronic pain: a clinical practice guideline
(Source: BMJ Comments)
Source: BMJ Comments - October 7, 2021 Category: General Medicine Source Type: forums
Did I make mistake picking anesthesia?
Hi, I’m a CA1 at large academic hospital and quite frankly fairly unhappy with my residency experience and anesthesia in general. I’m writing to see if my feelings are typical or if I need to consider other options. My end game is likely not practicing general anesthesia but rather chronic pain (hospital employed) or hospital administration. I am not overly interested in the physiology of anesthesia and the leadership from my PD and chair is non-existent. IThe work environment is such that I...
Read more (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - October 5, 2021 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Sparklesandstars Tags: Anesthesiology Source Type: forums
Not loving anesthesia residency but interested in pain
Hi, Reposting this here for obvious reasons despite being against rules.
Hi, I’m a CA1 at large academic hospital and quite frankly fairly unhappy with my residency experience and anesthesia in general. I’m writing to see if my feelings are typical or if I need to consider other options. My end game is likely not practicing general anesthesia but rather chronic pain (hospital employed) or hospital administration. I am not overly interested in the physiology of anesthesia and the leadership...
Read more (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - October 5, 2021 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Sparklesandstars Tags: Pain Medicine Source Type: forums
Re: Medical cannabis or cannabinoids for chronic non-cancer and cancer related pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised clinical trials
(Source: BMJ Comments)
Source: BMJ Comments - October 5, 2021 Category: General Medicine Source Type: forums
What percent of your patients are on chronic opioid therapy? Advice for new graduate?
Hello,
I was hoping if someone could give some advice. I am a recent graduate that trained in a place where we were pretty much not prescribing any type of opioid medications. I would say only 5% of our patients were on chronic opioid medications. It seems like they screened a lot of patients and I was pretty shielded from certain patients. I am now working in a practice where at least 90% are on opioid medications most around < MME 20. Most undergo repeat injections and have been on...
Read more (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - October 4, 2021 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: jsammi245 Tags: Pain Medicine Source Type: forums
New ICD-10 Code for Vertebrogenic Low Back Pain
In recognition of the stratospheric rates of Modic-related back pain ravaging our country, this couldn't come at a better time...
Relievant Medsystems Announces New Vertebrogenic Low Back Pain ICD-10 Diagnosis Code - Relievant
Relievant Medsystems, a privately held medical device company transforming the treatment of Chronic Low Back Pain (CLBP), today announced the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has designated an International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision, Clinical Modification...
www.relievant.c...
Source: Student Doctor Network - October 3, 2021 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: drusso Tags: Pain Medicine Source Type: forums
Facial blocks
I have been doing more facial blocks. Supratrochlear/orbital, auriculotemporal primarily. Very fun to take the chronic headache away in a minute. Anyone else do these routinely? (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - September 24, 2021 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: BobBarker Tags: Pain Medicine Source Type: forums
Chronic abdominal pain and nausea?
I'm taking care of an outpatient patient: 60y/o woman with chronic abdominal pain with prior history of gastric bypass, appendectomy, incisional hernia repair. Her pain had been previously controlled with oxycodone 10mg a couple times a day, but recently less effective due to emesis. GI is following now, has her on Zofran, Reglan, Promethazine but the nausea is still pretty severe. Patient is cachectic and having trouble with PO intake. Utox is appropriate.
I'm considering a Fentanyl patch...
Read more (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - September 22, 2021 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: CarabinerSD Tags: Pain Medicine Source Type: forums
Re: Medical cannabis or cannabinoids for chronic non-cancer and cancer related pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised clinical trials
(Source: BMJ Comments)
Source: BMJ Comments - September 20, 2021 Category: General Medicine Source Type: forums
New Medicare LCD for epidural treatment under proposal
FYI, limitations are being proposed for Epidural Injection as treatment option for chronic pain
This proposed LCD on Epidural Procedures for Pain Management services was announced on June 10, 2021. This nationwide policy contains many onerous changes that will detrimentally affect patient access to care. ASIPP is aware and already contacting congress members, but getting your patients to complain can also help.
Please see below for important points but one of the bigger points...
Read more (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - September 15, 2021 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: -Sojourner- Tags: Pain Medicine Source Type: forums
Re: Medical cannabis or cannabinoids for chronic non-cancer and cancer related pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised clinical trials
(Source: BMJ Comments)
Source: BMJ Comments - September 13, 2021 Category: General Medicine Source Type: forums
More buprenorphine stories
There seems to be a prevalence of people using or wanting to use buprenorphine more for chronic pain.
Reasons PRO (some debatable):
Less addictive
Less prone to abuse
Less euphoric
Less tolerance
Reverse tolerance
Less respiratory depression (but
same if on other respiratory depressants)
Schedule 3
Doesn’t show up in popular music as far as I know.
No buprenorphine pill mills (suboxone/ chain addiction centers are another story).
Cons:
Transition to buprenorphine from a schedule 2...
Read more (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - September 4, 2021 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: ateria radicularis magna Tags: Pain Medicine Source Type: forums
"palliative" non-cancer chronic pain and opioids
This topic has been brought up in a few other threads, but not sure that it has been the focus of any thread.
I have seen some of you use the term "palliative" to describe some non-cancer situations where you may consider low dose opioids <50 MME.
I appreciated Baron Samedi's post which addressed one aspect of this topic:
Baron Samedi said:
Dementia is a terminal diagnosis. If she's only 70 and already has moderate dementia as measured by a validated scale, she is palliative...
Click to expand...
Read more (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - August 7, 2021 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: ctts Tags: Pain Medicine Source Type: forums
Long COVID for Patients with Chronic Pain?
Where should these patients be seen and by whom? Pain, ID, PM&R, ID, Neuro, or Psych?
Stanford Medicine opens clinic for patients struggling with long COVID
With research showing up to 30% of COVID-19 patients experiencing lingering symptoms, Stanford Health Care treats such “long haulers” with multidisciplinary teams.
med.stanford.edu
“As the pandemic progressed, we started seeing patients with all kinds of lingering symptoms after their initial COVID infection, includin...
Source: Student Doctor Network - August 2, 2021 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: drusso Tags: Pain Medicine Source Type: forums
