K. Dean Reeves, MD Prolotherapy is injection of any substance that acts as a ‘growth factor,’ that is, which promotes growth of normal cells, tissues, or organs. Injection of the hormone, erythropoietin, to produce red blood cells is widely used, and a number of other substances have been used for treatment of patients with various […]
Scott R. Greenberg, MD In the medical journal Pain Practice, researchers noted that in their study of over 100,000 patients with chronic low back pain or osteoarthritis, these were the leading low back pain treatments: Opioids (to produce sedation and pain relief) were the most frequently prescribed pain medications (more than 70%). Next nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) […]
Ross Hauser, MD Abstract The hallmark feature of osteoarthritis is the breakdown in the articular cartilage of joints such as the knee and hip. Both animal and human research has consistently shown that corticosteroid injections into normal and degenerated knees accelerate the arthritic process. A summary of the effects of the intraarticular corticosteroids on articular […]
Ross Hauser, MD Xyrem Helps Chronic Pain Sufferers Sleep Typically when a patient of mine is not progressing as they should the problem usually relates to them not sleeping because of their chronic pain. Chronic pain can induce adrenaline and cortisol to be secreted which can keep people up at night. Often in these scenarios […]
Ross Hauser, MD Many times, patients are getting surgery recommendations for degenerative conditions. The most common surgery is arthroscopy which in numerousd medical studies was found to be no more effective than placebo in regard to knee arthritis. There are still hundreds of thousands of joint replacements every year for Degenerative Joint Disease. There are […]