Pain Management

Here are some of the top-read FDA approvals covered by Drug Topics® from this year.

The Drug Topics® team rounded up some of our top-read articles from the last year.

You’ll be hard pressed to find a pharmacist as excited about change as Ashli Yoder, PharmD, the clinical services lead for Norland Avenue Pharmacy in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania.

Acetaminophen injection, 1000 mg/100 mL, is an FDA-approved generic to Ofirmev.

US prescription opioid use dropped 60% from its peak volume in 2011, according to a new report from the IQVIA Institute for Human Data Science.

Counsel patients on best practices for disposal of unused or expired pain medications.

The pharmaceutical company has submitted a New Drug Application for dihydroergotamine mesylate for fast and lasting whole migraine relief in adults with and without aura.

A study presented during PAINWeek 2020 Live Virtual Conference highlights the role of e-consultations in reducing opioid use.

Add value by optimizing medications, decreasing pill burden.

Often what parents reach for to relieve a child’s pain or fever, a new meta-analysis looks at the efficacy and safety of ibuprofen and acetaminophen.

A virtual session held during the NCPA 2020 Annual Convention discussed best practices for handling opioid prescriptions.

The agency warns that use of NSAIDs around 20 weeks or later in pregnancy may cause rare but serious kidney problems in an unborn baby.

Oliceridine (Olinvyk; Trevena, Inc) is an intravenous opioid agonist indicated in adults for management of acute severe pain in a hospital or controlled clinical setting.

The rate of prescribing opioids among both oncologists and non-oncologists has dropped significantly in the past few years.

Pharmacists are uniquely qualified to ensure patients receive sufficient pain relief.

Pharmacists, nurses, and physicians work together to combat the overuse of powerful pain relievers.

Tramadol hydrochloride (Qdolo; Athena Bioscience) oral solution is indicated for use when pain is severe enough to require an opioid analgesic and for which alternative treatments are inadequate.

In a collaborative effort, the American Pharmacists Association and Walmart are offering free online training on opioid stewardship to all pharmacists and pharmacy technicians.

The COVID-19 crisis poses unique challenges for managing controlled substances in hospitals.

The opioid’s indication was based on several randomized controlled trials, where patients reported decreased pain.

The grants are part of the administration’s continuing focus on rural health initiatives.

Responding to growing interest by industry stakeholders, the agency has offered draft guidance outlining quality considerations and other practical recommendations for cannabis and cannabis-derived compounds.

Health care professionals should consider prescribing naloxone to patients taking prescribed opioids who are at increased risk of opioid overdose, according to the FDA.

Eighty-one percent of opioid abuse referrals to post-acute care facilities in Massachusetts were rejected, investigators found.

An inside look at the process from prescription to dispensing.