The latest research on pain meds, blood pressure and depression

Dr. Christy discusses several studies that answer several questions like: Are opioids better for arthritis pain? Can depression be prevented? What time of day is best to take blood pressure medication?

AFM POEMS for 2019:
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2020/0515/p608.html

AFM POEMS for 2018:
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2019/0501/p565.html

Nighttime blood pressure study:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6491046/

Blood pressure measurement:
Banegas JR, Ruilope LM, de la Sierra A, et al. Relationship between clinic and ambulatory blood-pressure measurements and mortality. N Engl J Med 2018;378:1509-1520.

Nonopioids for pain:
1st study - Krebs EE, Gravely A, Nugent S, et al. Effect of opioid vs nonopioid medications on pain-related function in patients with chronic back pain or hip or knee osteoarthritis pain. The SPACE randomized clinical trial. JAMA 2018;319(9):872-882.

2nd study - Chang AK, Bijur PE, Esses D, Barnaby DP, Baer J. Effect of a single dose of oral opioid and nonopioid analgesics on acute extremity pain in the emergency department. A randomized clinical trial. JAMA 2017;318(17):1661-1667.

Depression study:
Schuch FB, Vancampfort D, Firth J, et al. Physical activity and incident depression: a meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies. Am J Psychiatry 2018;175(7):631-648.

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