SDSU in NY TIMES

[mitchell]

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/27/sp...7painpump.html

The article is about young athletes developing a joint condition known as chondrolysis. The photo is a picture of former SDSU football player Marcus Suhn wearing an SDSU shirt and talks about how he had to have his shoulder joint replaced because of the condition.

[GopherHole]

Re: SDSU in NY TIMES

I noticed that the pain pump that was used for his original post-op pain relief is now under a class action lawsuit that is actively being advertised by several top ambulance chasing lawyers who advertise on television.

From the Wall Street Journal article:

Although it is still unknown why chondrolysis develops, several medical studies have concluded that a likely culprit is a pain pump, a postsurgical medical device used to deliver local anesthetics to a specific area through a plastic tube.

In November, the F.D.A. issued a warning about using pain pumps in joints and ordered manufacturers of local anesthetics and pumps to change labels to discourage doctors from such uses.

Its too bad that Marcus has had to endure such pain and will have to deal with this for the rest of his life.

[1stRowFANatic]

Re: SDSU in NY TIMES

But the article also stated that there is no causal link that has been proven, and this was from the researcher that has found a correlation between direct administration of the medications to the death of the cartilage.

[zooropa]

Re: SDSU in NY TIMES

But the article also stated that there is no causal link that has been proven, and this was from the researcher that has found a correlation between direct administration of the medications to the death of the cartilage.

Of course, the strength of the correlation suggests that finding the causal link is merely a matter of time.

[1stRowFANatic]

Re: SDSU in NY TIMES

I know many researchers that would vigorously disagree with this statement as the manner in which the drug is applied can have significant implications on the absorption rates and toxicity. That is why all the researchers in the article indicated that a great deal more research needs to be done.