Pain Adelaide

[Lauren Heathcote, PhD @LCHeathcote]

It’s a wrap! And a divisive final question at the #PainQandA: Should we stop or keep seeking a “cure” for chronic pain? What an honour to attend @PainAdelaide 2018. And thanks everyone for retweeting!

[Prof Mark Hutchinson @prof_hutchinson]

The list of claims of efficacy for cannabis are just extraordinary… Wow. Just wow. #PainAdelaide

[Noigroup @noigroup]

How people create cannabis oil can lead to massive variations in THC content. How it is administered will also lead to massive variation in dose #PainAdelaide

[Alison Sim @beyondmpain]

This is not a medicine, this is a plant that has incredibly variable components #cannabis #painadelaide

[Noigroup @noigroup]

Cannabis is a plant- not a medicine! We understand what medicines do and how they work and the doses we give. People react very differently to cannabis as it contains multiple drugs #PainAdelaide

[Prof Mark Hutchinson @prof_hutchinson]

Why has codeine been removed from OTC in Australia? It doesn’t work! 12 people need to be treated to have one person’s pain halved. #PainAdelaide

[Alison Sim @beyondmpain]

Quick fixes and entitlement culture. I wrote about this a few years ago https://t.co/mkCgW8J18e #painadelaide

[Gila Moalem-Taylor @GilaMT]

Fantastic and diverse talks at #PainAdelaide

[Alison Sim @beyondmpain]

Codeine has such variable metabolism in individuals. Why some people just don’t respond to it #painadelaide

[Lauren Heathcote, PhD @LCHeathcote]

Many people with chronic pain also have chronic diseases. But our clinical care is not very integrated. Can we develop broad-scale interventions that target risk across pain and disease? Chris Williams @PainAdelaide 2018

[Prof Mark Hutchinson @prof_hutchinson]

Persistent pain…. the presentation resulting from interactions of mediators over mediators over mediators. Persistent pain is complex!! #PainAdelaide

[Prof Mark Hutchinson @prof_hutchinson]

Does chronic pain lead to other chronic illnesses? #PainAdelaide

[Jakob Hohwy @hohwy]

@PainAdelaide Learning a lot about the terrific advances in pain research at this meeting!

[Prof Mark Hutchinson @prof_hutchinson]

Duck or rabbit? NO. The duck is eating the rabbit!!! #PainAdelaide

[Pain Adelaide @PainAdelaide]

Amazing presentation from @hohwy, with an excellent recurring goat cameo. https://t.co/lKRNWkw4sn

[Lauren Heathcote, PhD @LCHeathcote]

Everything that happens in our mind is governed by our expectations. Information that comes in through our senses simply provides feedback on those expectations. @PainAdelaide 2018 tackling philosophy of mind just before lunch!

[Noigroup @noigroup]

Speaking now at #PainAdelaide is Jakob @hohwy ‘the mind arises in and is shaped by prediction’

[Noigroup @noigroup]

Dr Gila Moalem-Taylor now on cytokines, neuroinflammation and neuropathic pain #PainAdelaide

[Alison Sim @beyondmpain]

#painadelaide

[Prof Mark Hutchinson @prof_hutchinson]

If you tell someone to work at an exercise threshold or get them to self select their effort, then surprise surprise, the effort is similar but their pleasure is higher when they self select. #PainAdelaide

[Lauren Heathcote, PhD @LCHeathcote]

There is huge variability in who feels better and who feels worse during exercise. How we interpret interoceptive cues like heartracing and breathlessness might be key. Gaynor Parfitt @PainAdelaide 2018