2018

2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Acute Pain Medicine Advocacy Behavioral Medicine Cancer Pain Career Development Clinical Practice Education Emergency Medicine Guidelines Headache & Orofacial Innovation Interventional Pain Job Board Leadership Member Focus Musculoskeletal Medicine PainConnect Pediatric Pain Podcast Policy Statements Practice Management President's Message Research Restorative Therapies Spine Pain Voices in Pain Medicine Women's Health

AAPM Members Appointed to New Pain Management Task Force
AAPM Members Appointed to New Pain Management Task Force

AAPM members named to HHS Pain Management Best Practices Inter-Agency Task Force, led by Dr. Jianguo Cheng, Dr. Rollin Gallagher, Dr. Gazelka, and Sandbrink Continue Reading

Date posted12/18/2018


Individualized Approach to Opioid Tapering Shows Success in Pain Patients Using Long-Term Opioids
Individualized Approach to Opioid Tapering Shows Success in Pain Patients Using Long-Term Opioids

An AAPM study shows patient-centered opioid tapering reduces long-term opioid doses by over 50% for chronic pain patients, without increasing pain intensity. Continue Reading

Date posted12/18/2018


Medicare Data Registry Analysis in IL Reveals Access Barriers
Medicare Data Registry Analysis in IL Reveals Access Barriers

AAPM researchers analyze Medicare data showing barriers for disabled patients to non-opioid pain medications vs opioids; urges policy and practice changes. Continue Reading

Date posted12/18/2018


Opioid Overdose Prevention Program Leads to More Non-Opioid Pain Treatment
Opioid Overdose Prevention Program Leads to More Non-Opioid Pain Treatment

Opioid overdose prevention program in a CIR inpatient unit reduces opioid prescriptions and increases naloxone at discharge, promoting multimodal pain care. Continue Reading

Date posted12/18/2018


AAPM Statement on National Decline in Opioid Prescribing
AAPM Statement on National Decline in Opioid Prescribing

AAPM statement on the 2018 national decline in opioid prescribing, chronic pain care, addiction, and the opioid epidemic. Continue Reading

Date posted12/14/2018