Ace The Pain Medicine Exam

Knee pain has been reported to limit mobility and impair quality of life in 25% of adults. Ilioti ...

Peptic ulcer disease (PUD) is a prevalent condition in the United States, affecting 2% of its population. The treatment of PUD has evolved in the l ...

Cannabinoids are a collective group of compounds that act on cannabinoid receptors. They include plant-derived phytocannabinoids, synthetic cannabi ...

Chronic headache is not a single disease entity but an umbrella term that encompasses all the chronic headaches. The International Headache Society ...

Dronabinol is a synthetic form of tetrahydrocannabinol ('THC'), which obtained FDA approval in 1985 for the treatment of HIV/AIDs-induced anorexia ...

Morton’s neuroma is a compressive neuropathy of the forefoot interdigital nerve. Neuropathy is chiefly due to compression and irritation at t ...

Radial nerve anesthesia rests upon disrupting impulse conduction in the nerve with drugs such as local anesthetics that can be given locally to blo ...

Erythromelalgia is a rare clinical syndrome characterized by a triad of redness, warmth, and burning pain, most notably affecting the extremities.& ...

Cluster headaches are the most common of the primary headache type known as trigeminal autonomic cephalgia. They are relatively rare, plaguing 0.1% ...

Opioids have had a wide range of uses in medicine throughout history. However, they have fallen under scrutiny in recent history due to the op ...

Many patients with symptoms of cervical radiculopathy can benefit from a cervical epidural injection. Before one considers a cervical epidural ...

Back pain is one of the most common chief complaints in the emergency department. It is also a leading cause of disability and high healthcare ...

Psoas syndrome is a rare injury to the iliopsoas muscle, commonly seen in athletes, often runners, dancers, and high jumpers. It usually results fr ...

Acupuncture is a nonpharmacological treatment option for multiple different diseases and symptoms.  Although numerous studies have been done r ...

Transdermal drugs are a vast category of drugs defined as vessels for the delivery of drugs for a local or systemic mechanism of action. Transderma ...

The correlation between the presence of HLA-B27 and ankylosing spondylitis has been a known entity since the early 1970s.  Although commo ...

Hemiplegic migraine is a rare subtype of migraine with aura, characterized by the presence of motor weakness as an aura manifestation. Typical ...

Brachial neuritis, also called neuralgic amyotrophy, has two major clinical symptoms, pain and muscle weakness from atrophy. It is a multifocal, im ...