Three Lessons Pain Management Teaches Us About Patient Adherence

Posted by Michael Wong on January 6, 2013 · Leave a Comment 

(This article was first published in the Journal of Patient Compliance; see page 12.) Pain medication is an anomaly in patient adherence. Here the concern is with taking too much and not often enough, which is the usual problem faced in getting patients to take their medication. A common reason why patients seek medical advice … Continue reading →

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Pain lozenges and off-label marketing

Posted by Michael Wong on February 16, 2011 · 1 Comment 

So, what do pain lozenges and off-label marketing have in common? The answer is Cephalon’s Fentora — which “is used to treat breakthrough pain in adult patients with cancer (18 years of age and older) who are regularly using other opioid pain medicines around-the-clock for their constant cancer pain”. The problem, according to the US … Continue reading →

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