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Psychological Prehabilitation Boosts Patients' Postsurgical Outcomes
TUESDAY, March 25, 2025 – Psychological prehabilitation may improve four postoperative outcomes: reduced length of stay (LOS), pain, anxiety, and depression, according to a review recently published...
Intraoperative Remifentanil, Sufentanil Tied to Poor Postoperative Pain Experience
THURSDAY, March 6, 2025 – For patients undergoing elective surgery, intraoperative use of remifentanil and sufentanil is independently associated with a poorer postoperative pain experience,...
Opioids During Surgery Might Cause Worse Pain For Patients
THURSDAY, Feb. 27, 2025 – Powerful synthetic opioids are meant to serve as painkillers, but new research suggests their use during surgery might actually prompt worse pain during patients’ recovery. ...
American Society of Anesthesiologists, Oct. 18 to 22
The annual meeting of the American Society of Anesthesiologists was held from Oct. 18 to 22 in Philadelphia, attracting approximately 5,000 participants from around the world, including a...
Doctors More Likely to Order 'Opioids Only' for Black Patients After Surgery
MONDAY, Oct. 21, 2024 – After Black patients undergo a surgery, they are much more likely than their white peers to receive only an opioid for post-op pain relief, rather than a more nuanced combo...
Study Looks at Opioid Dispensing Among Youths Undergoing Surgery
TUESDAY, July 30, 2024 – Overall, 16.2 percent of opioid-naive youths undergoing a surgical procedure filled an initial opioid prescription one to 14 days before surgery, according to a study...
Some Youths Still Taking Opioids Months After Surgery
MONDAY, July 15, 2024 – Many tweens and teens are filling prescriptions for opioids far in advance of surgeries unlikely to be associated with severe pain afterward, a new study says. Worse, a...
Just a Few Surgeries Make Up Most Post-Op Opioid Prescriptions
WEDNESDAY, July 3, 2024 – Opioid addiction often starts with a prescription for post-surgery pain relief, and two new studies identify a handful of procedures that account for large shares of those...
Vertex Initiates Phase 2 Clinical Trial Program for VX-548 for the Treatment of Acute Pain
BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jul. 19, 2021-- Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (Nasdaq: VRTX) today announced that it has begun a Phase 2 proof-of-concept (POC) study in acute pain following b...
Heron Therapeutics Announces FDA Approval of Zynrelef Indication Expansion to Include Additional Orthopedic and Soft Tissue Procedures
SAN DIEGO, Jan. 23, 2024 /PRNewswire/ – Heron Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: HRTX), a commercial-stage biotechnology company, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (the "FDA") has...
Pacira Announces FDA Approval of Expanded Exparel Label to Include Two Additional Nerve Block Indications
Exparel is the only FDA-approved single-dose regional analgesic to safely demonstrate four days of superiority versus bupivacaine in two clinical studies — New indications for use as an adductor c...
Heron Therapeutics Announces FDA Approval of an Indication Expansion for Zynrelef for Postoperative Pain Management
SAN DIEGO, Dec. 9, 2021 /PRNewswire/ – Heron Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: HRTX), a commercial-stage biotechnology company focused on improving the lives of patients by developing best-in-class...
FDA Approves Zynrelef (bupivacaine and meloxicam) for the Management of Postoperative Pain
SAN DIEGO, May 13, 2021 /PRNewswire/ – Heron Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: HRTX), a commercial-stage biotechnology company focused on improving the lives of patients by developing best-in-class...
FDA Approves Posimir (bupivacaine) for Post-Surgical Pain Reduction for up to 72 Hours Following Arthroscopic Subacromial Decompression
CUPERTINO, Calif., Feb. 2, 2021 /PRNewswire/ – DURECT Corporation (Nasdaq: DRRX) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Posimir (bupivacaine solution) for...
FDA Approves Xaracoll (bupivacaine hydrochloride) Implant for Acute Postsurgical Pain Relief Following Open Inguinal Hernia Repair
ATHLONE, Ireland, Aug. 31, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Innocoll Holdings Limited, a specialty pharmaceutical company and portfolio business of Gurnet Point Capital, announced today that the US Food and Drug A...