FDA approves first new type of pain medication in 25 years
A new pain relief drug, suzetrigine, is a prescription pill that’s taken every 12 hours after a larger starter dose. It will ...
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Comparison of Numerical and Verbal Rating Scales to Measure Pain Exacerbations in Patients with Chronic Cancer Pain
NRS also showed higher reproducibility when measuring pain exacerbations (Cohen's K of 0.86 for NRS vs. 0.53 for VRS) while the reproducibility of the two scales was similar in evaluating ...
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The Schmidt sting pain index
Explore part of Schmidt’s pain index below. Schmidt’s pain scale runs from one to four, with four being the most painful. “You should have learned, but the carpet is the same, and when you again reach ...
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Spine Pain Catastrophizing: Measurement, Treatment
The lived experience of severe pain, understandably, can lead to a process of catastrophizing, which is a cognitive distortion where patients assume the worst possible outcome in any situation where ...
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Comparison of Numerical and Verbal Rating Scales to Measure Pain Exacerbations in Patients with Chronic Cancer Pain
(VRS): Verbal Rating Scales; (BP-EP): Breakthrough or intense Episodic Pain; (CI): Confidence Interval. CB participated in the design of the study, performed the statistical analysis and drafted ...