Chronic pain in children and adolescents: is there evidence that drugs work?
Pain researcher Emma Fisher looks at the evidence on the benefits and harms of painkilling drugs for children and teens with chronic pain.
Tag Archives: pain
Managing osteoarthritis: evidence gives new insights on two common treatments
Sarah Chapman looks at new Cochrane evidence on two treatments for hip and knee osteoarthritis: paracetamol and exercise.
Pregabalin for neuropathic pain: balancing benefits and harms
Sarah Chapman looks at Cochrane evidence on the benefits and harms of pregabalin for neuropathic pain and reflects on experience of finding a balance between them.
Bringing harmony to the hospital: music therapies revisited
Cochrane UK's Sarah Chapman revisits her 2014 blog on music therapies to share new Cochrane evidence.
Skin-to-skin care: can it reduce procedural pain in neonates?
In a blog primarily for health professionals, Asda Abbas, a trainee paediatrician, looks at Cochrane evidence on skin to skin care and pain in neonates
Rub on pain products – what you need to know
Andrew Moore discusses the Cochrane evidence on topical painkiller creams, gels and rub on products in this blog originally published on The Conversation.
Recurrent abdominal pain in children: evidence and uncertainty
In this blog for trainee doctors, paediatrician and Cochrane Fellow Rufaro Ndokera looks at the Cochrane evidence on recurrent abdominal pain in children
Perineal pain after birth: what can help?
Jennifer Hanratty looks at what might help for perineal pain after birth, sharing Cochrane evidence and her own experience as a new mum
Is yoga good for your back? Here’s the evidence
Jack Leahy writes about his experience of practicing yoga and the latest Cochrane evidence on yoga for people with chronic non-specific low back pain
Traditional opioids for chronic non-cancer pain: untidy, unsatisfactory, and probably unsuitable
In this guest blog, Consultant in Pain Medicine Cathy Stannard and pain researcher Andrew Moore discuss some unpalatable truths about traditional opioids for chronic non-cancer pain.
Paracetamol: widely used and largely ineffective
Andrew Moore, author of over 200 systematic reviews, reveals the inconvenient truth about paracetamol
Can topical NSAIDs help relieve the pain of arthritis?
Lynda Ware explains the evidence behind advice to 'put some cream on it!', with topical NSAIDs shown to be helpful for arthritis pain