Talk Evidence - testing for respiratory tract infections, cannabis for pain, & covid outcomes
This week our regular panelists, Helen Macdonald and Joe Ross, are joined by Juan Franco, editor in chief of BMJ Evidence Based Medicine - to take a primary care focussed look at what's been happening in the world of evidence.
On this week’s episode.
As kids go back to school, winter bugs surge and pressure mounts on health services we look at two trials which aimed to use reduce antibiotic prescribing for respiratory tract infections in nursing homes and primary care
Juan brings us an update on prescribing medicinal cannabis for pain, based on a recent BMJ rapid recommendation article and linked systematic review and...
Source: The BMJ Podcast - September 29, 2021 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ Group Source Type: podcasts
Eptinezumab and Acute Migraine Treatment, COVID-19 Vaccination of Pregnant and Lactating Persons, Review of Chronic Pelvic Pain in Women, and more
(Source: JAMA: This Week's Audio Commentary)
Source: JAMA: This Week's Audio Commentary - June 15, 2021 Category: General Medicine Authors: JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts
What are the benefits and risks of psychological therapies for adults with persistent and distressing pain that is neither cancer-related nor a headache?
Chronic pain is a major problem for many people, and it ’s important to have up-to-date evidence on the effects of possible treatments. With that in mind, we published the third update of the Cochrane Review of psychological therapies for chronic pain in August 2020 and here’s lead author, Amanda Williams from University College London in the UK to t ell us about the latest findings. (Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library)
Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library - November 16, 2020 Category: General Medicine Authors: Cochrane Source Type: podcasts
Cannabis products for adults with chronic neuropathic pain
The Cochrane Pain, Palliative and Supportive Care Group is producing a series of reviews on drugs for the treatment of people with neuropathic pain. One of these, published in March 2018, examines the effects of cannabis-based medicines and we asked one of the authors, Martin Mücke from the Unive rsity Hospital of Bonn in Germany, to outline the findings in this podcast. (Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library)
Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library - February 6, 2019 Category: General Medicine Authors: Cochrane Source Type: podcasts
Sanford M. Silverman - The Role of Abuse-Deterrent Therapies in a Multimodal Approach to Chronic Pain Management: Improving Outcomes and Averting Medication Misuse
The Role of Abuse-Deterrent Therapies in a Multimodal Approach to Chronic Pain Management: Improving Outcomes and Averting Medication Misuse (Source: PeerView CME/CE Audio Podcast - Primary Care)
Source: PeerView CME/CE Audio Podcast - Primary Care - October 26, 2018 Category: Primary Care Authors: PVI, PeerView Institute for Medical Education Tags: Science, Medicine Source Type: podcasts
How to taper opioids
There is very little guidance on withdrawing or tapering opioids in chronic pain (not caused by cancer). People can fear pain, withdrawal symptoms, a lack of social and healthcare support, and they may also distrust non-opioid methods of pain management.
This can mean that patients receive repeat opioid prescriptions for extended periods of... (Source: The BMJ Podcast)
Source: The BMJ Podcast - October 11, 2018 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ talk medicine Source Type: podcasts
How to taper opioids
There is very little guidance on withdrawing or tapering opioids in chronic pain (not caused by cancer). People can fear pain, withdrawal symptoms, a lack of social and healthcare support, and they may also distrust non-opioid methods of pain management.
This can mean that patients receive repeat opioid prescriptions for extended periods of time.
In this podcast, Harbinder Sandhu, health psychologist in pain management at Warwick Medical School, Andrea Furlan, associate professor of medicine at University of Toronto, and Sam Eldabe, consultant i n pain medicine at The James Cook University Hospital join us to set out th...
Source: The BMJ Podcast - October 11, 2018 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ talk medicine Source Type: podcasts
How to taper opioids
There is very little guidance on withdrawing or tapering opioids in chronic pain (not caused by cancer). People can fear pain, withdrawal symptoms, a lack of social and healthcare support, and they may also distrust non-opioid methods of pain management.
This can mean that patients receive repeat opioid prescriptions for extended periods of time.
In this podcast, Harbinder Sandhu, health psychologist in pain management at Warwick Medical School, Andrea Furlan, associate professor of medicine at University of Toronto, and Sam Eldabe, consultant in pain medicine at The James Cook University Hospital join us to set out the ...
Source: The BMJ Podcast - October 11, 2018 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ Group Source Type: podcasts
Stimulating the brain without surgery in the management of chronic pain in adults
The Cochrane Pain, Palliative and Supportive Care Group has been producing Cochrane Reviews for more than 20 years, including dozens covering a wide range of therapies for pain. In April 2018, their review of brain stimulation for chronic pain was updated and lead author Neil E O'Connell from Brunel University London in the UK tells us about the latest evidence in this podcast. (Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library)
Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library - May 25, 2018 Category: General Medicine Authors: Cochrane Source Type: podcasts
JAMA Internal Medicine : Association Between Psychological Interventions and Chronic Pain Outcomes in Older Adults
Interview with M. Carrington. Reid, MD, PhD, author of Association Between Psychological Interventions and Chronic Pain Outcomes in Older Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis (Source: JAMA Specialty Journals Author Interviews)
Source: JAMA Specialty Journals Author Interviews - May 7, 2018 Category: General Medicine Authors: The JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts
Side effects of opioid drugs when used to treat chronic non-cancer pain in the medium- or long-term
Many people suffer from chronic pain and it ’s a challenging condition to treat. A group of drugs, known as opioids are widely used, but these can have harmful side effects. In a new Cochrane overview in October 2017, Sebastian Straube, from the University of Alberta in Canada, and colleagues brought together the findings from 14 Cochrane R eviews to summarise the evidence. He tells us what they found in this podcast.The co-authors of this review were Charl Els, Tanya D Jackson, Diane Kunyk, Vernon G Lappi, Barend Sonnenberg, Reidar Hagtvedt, Sangita Sharma, and Fariba Kolahdooz. (Source: Podcasts from ...
Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library - March 1, 2018 Category: General Medicine Authors: Cochrane Source Type: podcasts
