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Neuropathic pain

Trigeminal neuralgia: management in primary care

Arun Aggarwal

Trigeminal neuralgia is an uncommon yet potentially debilitating condition. Careful assessment is needed to differentiate it from conditions with overlapping symptoms. Pharmacotherapy, specifically anticonvulsants, is the first-line treatment, with surgery reserved for people who experience adverse or diminishing benefits from pharmacotherapy.

July 2023

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Complex regional pain syndrome. An early diagnosis improves outcomes

Christopher Woodgate, Esther Dube

July 2022

Pain medicine

Prescription opioids: management of long-term use

Yvonne Bonomo, Malcolm Hogg

July 2023

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Cancer pain

Pain in advanced cancer. Next steps in successful pain management

Jonathan Ramachenderan, Kirsten Auret

July 2021

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Headache and migraine

New daily persistent headache. If you don’t ask they won’t tell

Michael Eller

July 2021

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Perspectives

Cancer pain management: what are the controversies?

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Reducing opioid use in patients before and after surgery

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Managing procedural anxiety in children: reframe the pain

Perspectives

What is nociplastic pain?

Perspectives

Natural compounds for treating pain

OSWP Seminar Brisbane 2022 – highlights

Opioid best practice. New standard: new paradigm

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GP emergency management

OSWP Seminar Brisbane 2022 – highlights

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Physician-authored summaries and commentary on the most important medical research, provided by the NEJM Group, a division of the Massachusetts Medical Society.

Tramadol for hip or knee osteoarthritis? Arthritis Care Res

Cognitive functional therapy shows large and durable benefits for chronic low back pain Lancet

How accurate are unenhanced CT scans for evaluating acute abdominal pain? JAMA Surg

Discectomy for sciatica might provide short-term relief of pain and disability BMJ