Cannabis derivatives in chronic pain: Is it legitimate?

Is It Legitimate Statistics or Is It Sexism: Why Discrimination Is Not Rational

While in the ideal world, everyone should have the same chance to succeed in a given profession, in reality, often the probability of success is different for people of different gender and/or ethnicity. For example, in the US, the probability of a female undergraduate student in computer science to get a PhD is lower than a similar probability for a male student. At first glance, it may seem t...

Overactivity in chronic pain: is it a valid construct?

Overactivity is a frequently used term in chronic pain literature. It refers to the phenomenon whereby individuals engage in activity in a way that significantly exacerbates pain, resulting in periods of incapacity. Overactivity, as a construct, has been derived solely from patients' self-reports, raising concerns about the legitimacy of the construct. Self-reported overactivity reflects an ind...

Is it time to drug test your chronic pain patient?

How well is chronic pain managed? Who does it well?

BACKGROUND The variability in physician attitudes and goals for chronic pain relief and satisfaction with chronic pain management is unknown. OBJECTIVES To provide quantitative data regarding the status of chronic pain management by Michigan physicians. To relate physician's goals for pain management to physician confidence, preferences, and satisfaction with their chronic pain care. RESEAR...

Prescribing smoked cannabis for chronic noncancer pain: preliminary recommendations.

OBJECTIVE To offer preliminary guidance on prescribing smoked cannabis for chronic pain before the release of formal guidelines. QUALITY OF EVIDENCE We reviewed the literature on the analgesic effectiveness of smoked cannabis and the harms of medical and recreational cannabis use. We developed recommendations on indications, contraindications, precautions, and dosing of smoked cannabis, and c...