Reports of pump failure, dosing errors, as well as other possible safety issues have prompted the Agency to issue the alert to make prescribers aware of the dangers associated with using medications ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Pain is one of the most common problems for cancer patients. They often struggle to find relief or with side effects from the powerful narcotics often used for pain. There's an ...

Determining priority symptoms of women with recurrent ovarian cancers: A Gynecologic Oncology Group study. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2016 Palliative and Supportive Care in Oncology ...

Intrathecal drug delivery involves administering analgesic medications directly into the cerebrospinal fluid, thereby achieving targeted pain relief while minimising systemic side effects. This method ...

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is alerting healthcare providers about the risk for complications with intrathecal administration of pain medications that are not approved for use with ...

Vertebral fracture is common in patients with osteoporosis, and has a marked effect on quality of life (QOL). Chronic pain can occur in patients who have experienced multiple fractures; however, ...

high-frequency spinal cord stimulation controller Intrathecal drug delivery systems and spinal cord stimulation have shown promise for the treatment of cancer pain in initial studies. Cancer-related ...

(CN) - The 9th Circuit on Thursday granted an en banc rehearing to determine whether federal law pre-empts claims over a Medtronic pain pump that left a patient paralyzed. Richard and Mary Lou Stengel ...

Eli Lilly is plowing a further $50 million into its research collaboration with Purdue University, signing up to work with its partner for another five years on challenges including intrathecal and ...

Baylor Medicine has long been a pioneer in functional neurosurgery, using targeted therapies to improve quality of life. Our multidisciplinary team provides personalized therapy for the treatment of ...