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A systematic review of 43 randomized controlled trials found high-certainty evidence that multiple CGRP-targeted therapies reduced monthly migraine headache days by approximately 2 days versus placebo in adults with chronic migraine.

A quiz-format clinical vignette from Consultant360 walked through imaging selection and analgesia decisions in a 47-year-old woman presenting with acute right upper quadrant pain, using the case to reinforce diagnostic sequencing in the acute abdomen.

A 21-element enhanced recovery protocol implemented across 18 US hospitals reduced inpatient opioid use by 56% in children undergoing GI surgery, with patients receiving 13 or more protocol elements averaging one fewer hospital day and half the complication risk.

Hemarthrosis affects an estimated 70–80% of people with hemophilia and can progress to permanent joint damage, with pain management presenting a specific medication safety intersection point for pharmacists at the OTC counter and bedside.

Opioid prescribing for cancer patients reporting no pain declined substantially across a single Connecticut health system from 2016 to 2020, while prescribing for patients reporting pain remained stable.

A decade after surgery, patients who got their torn meniscus trimmed fared worse than those who received a sham procedure. The sham group reported less pain, more knee use, and less arthritis progression.