Info from Medscape's Family Practice wkly newsletter.

From: hoofprints (equsphotogophr_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 02/16/05 

Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2005 08:56:01 -0800

CME/CE Advances in Pain Management
This 3-part review from the American Academy of Pain Medicine meeting
highlights the most recent advances in 3 broad categories of pain
management: opiate-related management, nonopioid pharmacologic
approaches to pain medicine, and nonpharmacologic pain treatments.
http://mp.medscape.com/cgi-bin1/DM/y/emGQ0FVeGA0Dzz0GRLL0Eg

The Effect of Acid Suppression on Sleep Patterns and Sleep-Related
Gastro-oesophageal Reflux
Several studies have demonstrated that nighttime gastroesophageal
reflux affects sleep quality, and thereby impairs daytime functioning.
Aliment Pharmacol Ther 21(2) 2005
http://mp.medscape.com/cgi-bin1/DM/y/emGQ0FVeGA0Dzz0GRLZ0Eu

Agrylin Dose Reductions Required in Patients With Impaired Liver
Function
Patients with moderate hepatic impairment show 8-fold increase in total
exposure to anagrelide.
Medscape 2005
http://mp.medscape.com/cgi-bin1/DM/y/emGQ0FVeGA0Dzz0GRC10E5

Central Pain Disorders Linked to Abnormal Internal/external
Discrimination
Patients with central pain disorders, such as somatoform pain disorder
(SPD) and fibromyalgia, appear to have abnormalities in the
self-monitoring mechanism that allows the discrimination of internally
versus externally produced stimuli, new research shows.
Reuters Health Information 2005
http://mp.medscape.com/cgi-bin1/DM/y/emGQ0FVeGA0Dzz0GRLp0EI

Rifampin Plus Ritonavir-Boosted Saquinavir Therapy Linked to High Risk
of Hepatotoxicity
Study was halted due to high incidence of drug-induced hepatitis and
markedly elevated transaminase levels.
Medscape 2005
http://mp.medscape.com/cgi-bin1/DM/y/emGQ0FVeGA0Dzz0GRCz0EJ 

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