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2008 Breaking News about Neuropathic Facial Pain, including

 

Trigeminal Neuralgia

     
 

TNA (Trigeminal Neuralgia Association) provides the latest scientific, news and professional information and education concerning neuropathic face pain, including TN (Trigeminal Neuralgia) For hot-off-the-press articles, come to What's New first. 

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Title of Article

 

Date Posted

       
  Clinical Trial Announcement:  Post Herpetic Neuralgia / Pain after shingles, Palm Beach Gardens, FL   August 29, 2008
       
  Patient led conferences – Who attends, are their expectations
met and do they vary in three different countries?
  August 27, 2008
       
  Practice Parameter: The diagnostic evaluation and treatment of trigeminal neuralgia - (an evidence-based review)   August 25, 2008
       
 

Hypnotherapy for Pain Reduction: Two Case Studies Abstract

  August 21, 2008
       
  Glossopharyngeal schwannoma in childhood   August 20, 2008
       
  The H-Wave(R) device is an effective and safe non-pharmacological analgesic for chronic pain: a meta-analysis.   ABSTRACT   August 20, 2008
       
  Treatment for pain divides physicians   August 20, 2008
       
  New Study Finds Oral Cannabis Ineffective in Treating Acute Pain   August 20, 2008
       
  Heir to a Scandal   August 18, 2008
       
  Monitoring Opioid Adherence in Chronic Pain Patients: Tools, Techniques, and Utility   August 14, 2008
       
  Opioid Pharmacology   August 14, 2008
       
  Adverse Affects of Antiepileptic Drugs   August 13, 2008
       
  TNA Medical Advisory Board member, Henry A. Gremillion, DDS, receives prestigious award   August 11, 2008
       
  Moffitt Cancer Center Study Shows That Pain Causes Increased Desire To Smoke Cigarettes   August 11, 2008
       
  PTSD Influences Levels Of Depression And Pain   August 11, 2008
       
  Solution for the Pain Pinch: Music Therapy   August 11, 2008
       
  Imaging Study Of Pain Sheds Light On Mystery Condition   August 11, 2008
       
  Is pain all in the mind?   August 11, 2008
       
  Challenges in Using Opioids to Treat Pain in Persons With Substance Use Disorders   August 11, 2008
       
  Study Links Herpes with Widespread Neuropathic Pain   August 11, 2008
       
  Could calcitonin be a useful therapeutic agent for trigeminal neuralgia?   August 6, 2008
       
  Doctor and Patient, Now at Odds   July 31, 2008
       
  Neuropathic pain.  Redefinition and a grading system for clinical and research purposes   July 28, 2008
       
  After 20 years of pain, Arlington Heights woman can smile again without worry   July 28, 2008
       
  Epilepsy Drug May Increase Risk of Birth Defects   July 24, 2008
       
  Nerves Behind Pain Relief Provided By Stressful Situations   July 24, 2008
       
  New Auricular Therapy Providing Pain Relief to Some Patients   July 24, 2008
       
  Aches? Pains? An Extra Dose of Vitamin D May Provide Relief   July 24, 2008
       
 

MOST WEB SITES SELLING PRESCRIPTION OPIOIDS, STIMULANTS AND DEPRESSANTS REQUIRE NO PRESCRIPTION

  July 24, 2008
       
 

Medtronic Announces First Clinical Data on Occipital Nerve Stimulation for Chronic Migraine to be Presented at American Headache Society Meeting

  July 18, 2008
       
  Non-Narcotic Options for Pain Relief with Chronic Neuropathic Conditions   July 17, 2008
       
  Pain sufferers get relief   July 16, 2008
       
  FDA Advisory Members Agree Antiepileptics Pose Suicidality Risk, Nix Need for Black-Box Warning   July 15, 2008
       
  In the July Pain Monitor TNA listed as "Website of the Month" by American Pain Foundation   July 10, 2008
       
  Botulinum Toxin Effective in Many Neurological Disorders, not Headache   July 10, 2008
       
  Pain Prevention for Older Adults -- the Shingles Vaccine   July 10, 2008
       
  Top Ten Tips:  Make the Most of your Medical Visits   July 10, 2008
       
  Medical Pot Ineffective as Acute Pain Treatment   July 10, 2008
       
  New plans to tackle chronic pain - Wales   JULY 10, 2008
       
  Marijuana May Be Effective for Neuropathic Pain   July 10, 2008
       
  Depression and Pain   July 10, 2008
       
  Pharmacologic management of neuropathic pain: evidence-based recommendations   July 2, 2008
       
  Clinical presentation of trigeminal neuralgia and the rationale of
microvascular decompression
  June 30, 2008
       
  Pregabalin Offers Long-Term Relief of Painful Neuropathy   June 24, 2008
       
  Frequent Opioid Use May Increase Risk of Chronic Migraine   June 24, 2008
       
 

Time to Talk - a NCCAM educational campaign to help patients and their health care providers about complementary and alternative medicine (CAM).

  June 24,2008
       
  Botulinum toxin type a induces direct analgesic effects in chronic neuropathic pain   June 18, 2008
       
  Morphine sulfate extended-release capsules for the treatment of chronic, moderate-to-severe pain   June 17, 2008
       
  Chronic Pain Meds Unlikely to Cause Addiction   June 16, 2008
       
  Chilli peppers to block pain   June 16, 2008
       
  David McMillian: Counseling could help relieve chronic pain   June 16, 2008
       
  Social support, active coping ease chronic pain   June 16, 2008
       
  Pain a Part of Daily Life for One in Four   June 16, 2008
       
  A history of pleasure and pain   June 16, 2008
       
  Physical Signs of Severe Pain Separate Drug Seekers from Legitimate Patients   June 16, 2008
       
  HealthOpinV: America in Everyday Pain?   June 16, 2008
       
  The Jury Is Still Out On How Best To Treat Chronic Pain   June 16, 2008
       
 

ETHEX Corporation Voluntarily Recalls a Single Lot of Morphine Sulfate 60 mg Extended Release Tablets Due to the Potential for Oversized Tablets

  June 12, 2008
       
  Trigeminal Neuralgia “The Suicide Disease”   June 4, 2008
       
  Topical lidocaine for the treatment of postherpetic neuralgia   June 3, 2008
       
  Corticosteroids for preventing postherpetic neuralgia   June 3, 2008
       
  Tramadol for neuropathic pain   June 3, 2008
       
  Non-antiepileptic drugs for trigeminal neuralgia   June 3, 2008
       
  Antidepressants for neuropathic pain   June 3, 2008
       
  Review of oral oxymorphone in the management of pain   May 29, 2008
       
  Is Stress Affecting Your Health?   May 28, 2008
       
  Shingles Linked to Family History of Herpes Zoster    May 28, 2008
       
    May 20, 2008
       
  The Pain of Disbelief   May 20, 2008
       
  Low-dose pot eases pain while keeping mind clear   May 20, 2008
       
  More Than 25 Percent of Americans Experience Pain   May 20, 2008
       
  Social support, active coping ease chronic pain   May 20, 2008
       
  Research Analyzes if Decompression Surgery Provides Pain Relief to Patients with Chiari Type 1 Malformation and Syringomyelia   May 20, 2008
       
  Risks for Painkiller Abuse Do Not Outweigh Benefits in Chronic Pain   May 20, 2008
       
  Repeat posterior fossa exploration for patients with persistent or recurrent idiopathic trigeminal neuralgia   May 14, 2008
       
  Failure of long-term nerve root stimulation to improve neuropathic pain   May 14, 2008
       
  Cost-effectiveness analysis for trigeminal neuralgia: Cyberknife vs microvascular decompression   May 13, 2008
       
  Healing Meals: Foods That May Fight Pain   May 12, 2008
       
    May 12, 2008
       
  Impact of pain on health and finances warrants national effort   May 12, 2008
       
  An Alternative to Medicinal Marijuana:  Nerve agents Stimulated cannabinoid receptors in mice, offering pain relief without side effects   May 12, 2008
       
  Hairless Hounds: Healers Too?   May 12, 2008
       
  Millions of Americans in Chronic Pain   May 12, 2008
       
  Acute pain management in emergency medicine   May 7, 2008
       
  CYBERKNIFE RADIOSURGERY FOR TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA TREATMENT: A PRELIMINARY MULTICENTER EXPERIENCE.   May 7, 2008
       
  Patient-Controlled Analgesia in Chronic Pain Patients: Experience with a New Device Designed to be Used with Implanted Programable Pumps   May 6, 2008
       
  Provider Prescribing Patterns and Perceptions:  Identifying Solutions to Build Consensus on Opioid Use in Pain Management— A Roundtable Discussion   May 6, 2008
       
  Craniofacial pain as the sole symptom of cardiac ischemia   May 5, 2008
       
  FDA Approves Relistor for Opioid-Induced Constipation
  May 1, 2008
       
  Prescription Drug Abuse Threatens Availability of Pain Medication   April 18, 2008
       
  Study Finds Biological Link Between Pain and Fatigue   April 18, 2008
       
  Strong Painkillers only moderately effective against chronic pain   Aprirl 18, 2008
       
  Does generic lamotrigine lead to larger variations in plasma concentrations?   April 15, 2008
       
  What Are We Afraid Of? Barriers to Providing Adequate Pain Relief   April 11, 2008
       
  Laws and Regulations Affecting Opioid Prescribing    April 11, 2008
       
  Opioid-Induced Pain Sensitivity    April 10, 2008
       
  Pain and Depression: An Expert Interview With Bill H. McCarberg, MD   April 10, 2008
       
  The Intersection of Pain Management and Addictive Illness   April 8, 2008
       
  Vaccinations aren’t just for kids   April 8, 2008
       
  Why Pain Medication Use is Really on the Rise
  April 8, 2008
       
  The effects of failing to believe patients’ experience of chronic pain   April 8, 2008
       
  Chronic pain makes life tough for seniors   April 8, 2008
       
  New Survey Indicates Majority of Americans in Pain   April 8, 2008
       
  Health Canada warns of serious skin reactions in patients taking carbamazepine   April 7, 2008
       
  OxyContin doesn't cause addiction. Its abusers are already addicts.   April 7, 2008
       
  Preoperative visualization of neurovascular anatomy in trigeminal neuralgia.    March 24, 2008
       
  Pregabalin in the Treatment of Refractory Neuropathic Pain: Results of a 15-Month Open-Label Trial   March 21, 2008
       
  Review of the Treatment of Trigeminal Neuralgia with Gamma Knife Radiosurgery   March 21, 2008
       
  FDA warns of deaths in kids treated with Botox   March 21, 2008
       
  Botox in the treatment of pain   March 21, 2008
       
  The use of ketamine as adjuvant therapy to control severe pain.   March 19, 2008
       
  School Impairment in Adolescents With Chronic Pain.   March 19, 2008
       
  What Ails You: Chronic pain can be source of sleep loss   March 18, 2008
       
  The Truth About Painkillers   March 18, 2008
       
  Pain Patients Should Not be Punished for Opioid Medication Abuse or Addiction   March 18, 2008
       
  Physicians Focus On Stopping Pain Epidemic   March 18, 2008
       
  Shingles, adult whooping cough vaccines underused   March 18, 2008
       
  Should Chronic Pain Be Considered A Disease?   March 18, 2008
       
  Dealing With Multiple Sclerosis Pain   March 18, 2008
       
  An Overview of the Decade of Pain Lecture From AAPM 2008: An Expert Interview With Joshua P. Prager, MD, MS   March 5, 2008
       
  FDA Alerts Health Care Providers to Risk of Suicidal Thoughts and Behavior with Antiepileptic Medications   March 4, 2008
       
  Nerve disorder's pain so bad it's called the 'suicide disease'   February 29, 2008
       
  Histologic analysis of a human trigeminal nerve after failed stereotactic radiosurgery: case report.   February 21, 2008
       
  Pain Relief by Phototherapy:  What It Does and How It Does It   February 19, 2008
       
  Chronic pain seen altering how brain works   February 19, 2008
       
  Fentanyl Patch Recall Expanded   February 19, 2008
       
  Fentanyl Pain Patch Recalled   February 15, 2008
       
  Botox Linked To Respiratory Failure And Death, FDA Advises   February 12, 2008
       
  What Is Pain?  Is it physical or psychological, and how is it diagnosed and treated?   February 8, 2008
       
  Botox, Botox Cosmetic (Botulinum toxin Type A), Myobloc (Botulinum toxin Type B)   February 8, 2008
       
  Caregiver Tips   February 8, 2008
       
  Managing Pain in Multiple Sclerosis   February 7, 2008
       
  Chronic Pain Harms The Brain   February 7, 2008
       
  SMFM: No Pregnancy Risks Found with Antidepressant Use   February 7, 2008
       
  Chronic Pain Disrupts Resting Brain Dynamics   February 7, 2008
       
  Taming a painful 'beast':  Trigeminal neuralgia   February 5, 2008
       
  Disorder difficult to diagnose and treat   February 5, 2008
       
  FDA Analysis Showed PatientsReceiving Antiepileptic Drugs Had Approximately Twice The Risk of Suicidal Behavior Or Ideation   February 4, 2008
       
  Therapeutic Levels of Methadone Can Cause Sudden Death   January 24, 2008
       
  Neuropathic pain: multiple mechanisms at multiple sites   January 24, 2008
       
  Gamma Knife Stereotactic Radiosurgical Treatment of Idiopathic Trigeminal Neuralgia: Long-term Outcome and Complications   January 24, 2008
       
  A Review of the Epidemiology of Painful Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy, Postherpetic Neuralgia, and Less Commonly Studied Neuropathic Pain Conditions   January 22, 2008
       
  Clinical trial outcome in neuropathic pain   January 22, 2008