In their debut blog, Grace Williamson and Daniel Leightley review a US study on chronic pain, cannabis legalisation, and cannabis use disorder in US veterans.
[read the full story...]Oxycodone for acute dental pain?
This review of the efficacy of oxycodone for post-operative acute dental pain included 13 studies. the findings showed that NSAIDs are generally superior for post-surgical dental pain, with a better adverse effect profile,so the need for oxycodone in dentistry is limited.
[read the full story...]Salicylate-containing rubefacients for musculoskeletal pain in adults
Should you use or prescribe rubefacients (creams and lotions that irritate the skin) to relieve musculoskeletal pain? We report on a new Cochrane systematic review that focuses on salicylate-containing rubefacients for acute and chronic musculoskeletal pain.
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