Medications

ERs dispensing more narcotic painkillers, study finds

(HealthDay)—More and more Americans are being prescribed powerful narcotic drugs when they visit the emergency department for problems such as low back pain or a pounding headache, a new study finds.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Study aims to ease the burden of lower back pain

The University of South Australia is set to begin a new study into lower back pain, a condition which affects up to 80 per cent of Australian men and women at some stage in their lifetime.

Health

Targeted treatment of back pain sees 50% drop in work absence

(Medical Xpress)—Stratified or targeted care of back pain implemented by family doctors leads to 'significant' improvements for patients and a 50% reduction in work absence – without an increase in healthcare costs – ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Catastrophizing can predict low back pain, disability

(HealthDay)—For patients treated for low back pain, catastrophizing may predict the degree of pain and disability, according to a review published in the Feb. 1 issue of Spine.

Medications

Endo Health to pay $192.7M in gov't settlement

Endo Health will pay almost $193 million to resolve claims that it improperly marketed the shingles treatment Lidoderm for unapproved uses like treating lower back pain.

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