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Health your username 3 hours ago Pacira BioSciences Inc. is suing the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) and a handful of the organization’s members over allegations that the defendants published articles in the ASA’s medical journal that falsely represented and “disparaged” Pacira’s drug Exparel. Pacira’s Wednesday complaint brought one count of trade libel against the ASA and individuals Evan D. Kharasch, Nasir Hussain, Richard Brull, Brendan Sheehy, Michael K. Essandoh, David L. Stahl, Tristan E. Weaver, Faraj W. Abdallah, Brian M. Ilfeld, James C. Eisenach, Rodney A....

 E-Mail A technique called percutaneous peripheral nerve stimulation yields "impressive" reductions in pain scores and opioid use during the first week after common orthopedic surgery procedures, concludes a randomized clinical trial published Online First in Anesthesiology, the official peer-reviewed journal of the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA), today. The benefits of postoperative nerve stimulation were "much greater than what we had anticipated, concurrently reducing pain scores by more than 50 percent and opioid consumption by 80 percent," according to the randomized trial...