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IN BRIEF

The American Pain Foundation Unveils New Back Pain Resources
ISSUE: AUGUST, 2010
In response to the high prevalence and burden of back pain, the American Pain Foundation (APF) has launched a new online guide as part of its Spotlight on Back Pain program. The guide contains information and resources to educate people about back pain, and provides tips for prevention, pain management and self-advocacy. read more

Glass More Than Half Full for Patients In Pain Management Programs
ISSUE: AUGUST, 2010
A new study has shown that patients often overestimate their progress after completing a chronic pain management program. read more

Cephalon Partners With Pain, Pharmacy Groups To Expand Safe Prescription Medicine Initiative
ISSUE: AUGUST, 2010
Cephalon has joined with the American Chronic Pain Association (ACPA) and the American Pharmacists Association (APhA) to broaden the company’s program, When Good Medicines Become Bad Drugs. read more

Boxed Warning Added to Rheumatoid Arthritis Drug Label
ISSUE: AUGUST, 2010
The FDA has added information on severe liver injury to the boxed warning for Arava (leflunomide, Sanofiaventis)—a drug used to treat rheumatoid arthritis—to highlight the risk for severe liver injury in patients using this drug and how this risk might be reduced. read more

FDA and NIH Launch Electronic Safety Reporting Portal
ISSUE: AUGUST, 2010
The FDA and the National Institutes of Health have launched a new Web site that, when fully developed, will provide a mechanism for reporting pre- and postmarket safety data to the federal government. read more

MRSA, Other Deadly Microbes Hiding on White Coats, in Pockets
ISSUE: JULY, 2010
Hospitals are well-known sources of drug-resistant bacteria, so it should come as no surprise that the germs might occasionally hitchhike on the clinicians who work there read more

Tramadol Labeling Changed To Include Overdose, Suicide Warning
ISSUE: JULY, 2010
Ortho-McNeil-Janssen Pharmaceuticals and the FDA have notified health care professionals of changes to the Warnings section of the prescribing information for Ultram (tramadol hydrochloride) and Ultracet (tramadol hydrochloride/acetaminophen). read more

Pharmacists Association Launches ‘Dispose My Meds’ Campaign
ISSUE: JULY, 2010
Close to 800 community pharmacies in 40 states have joined the National Community Pharmacists Association in giving consumers a way to safely dispose of unused prescription medications. read more


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