Efficacy of 10% lidocaine gel for injection site pain associated with treprostinil in the treatment of pulmonary hypertension: a report of four cases, JA Clinical Reports, November 29, 2025

This is a small study but it addresses a very important but often overlooked issue, that of injection site pain for pulmonary arterial hypertension patients being treated with sub-cutaneous treprostinil, which can significantly affect quality of life. The researchers found that topical 10% lidocaine gel provided rapid and effective relief of injection site pain, facilitating […]

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All the presentations from the Pulmonary Hypertension Association UK’s gathering are online. Topics include nutrition, physical activity and exercise, treatments and tests, echocardiograms and implantable devices, December 26, 2023

The Pulmonary Hypertension Association UK held its first ever ‘Together’ event in October 2023 in partnership with the Sheffield Pulmonary Vascular Disease Unit. Expert talks covered topics including treatments, research, nutrition, and physical activity, with a focus on empowering patients and their loved ones through developing knowledge and understanding. Here are the links to the

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The “Pulmonary Hypertension Global Patient and Carer Survey” (PH GPS) is launched, October 16, 2023

This survey, the first of its kind, has been designed to help improve global understandings of how pulmonary hypertension affects the lives of patients and in what ways pulmonary hypertension care needs to be improved. The survey has been written by a multidisciplinary panel of pulmonary hypertension specialists and patient group advocates from the pulmonary

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Lay summary of the 2022 ESC/ERS clinical guidelines on the diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary hypertension now available in 11 languages!

“Diagnosing and treating pulmonary hypertension – understanding the professional guidelines” is an easy to understand summary of the joint European Society of Cardiology (ESC) and European Respiratory Society (ERS) clinical guidelines for pulmonary hypertension (PH). It was published on the European Lung Foundation (ELF) website on 02/11/2022. It is for people with pulmonary hypertension, or

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PHA UK’s “sister” website, phocusonlifestyle.org, is addressed at patients and caregivers and houses a wealth of support resources and pulmonary hypertension patient stories

http://www.phocusonlifestyle.org is the “sister” website to that of the UK Pulmonary Hypertension, PHA UK. It is aimed at patients and peers supporting each other through stories. It also houses written resources covering a very wide range of issues related to living with pulmonary hypertension including:

PHA UK’s “sister” website, phocusonlifestyle.org, is addressed at patients and caregivers and houses a wealth of support resources and pulmonary hypertension patient stories Read Post »

The 2022 “Clinical Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary hypertension” by the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) and European Respiratory Society (ERS)

The work of two years of the Task Force in charge of the new European Society of Cardiology (ESC) and European Respiratory Society (ERS) joint Clinical Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary hypertension has finally come to an end. The new guidelines were officially presented yesterday at the ESC Annual Congress in Barcelona

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Info on treatments for pulmonary arterial hypertension, life style advice and patient stories on “The PAH Initiative”, by United Therapeutics

The PAH Initiative was established by United Therapeutics with the aim of providing knowledge and inspiration based on science and research in pulmonary arterial hypertension today. Here you can find interesting information on pulmonary arterial hypertension, treatments and life style advice as well as patient testimonials. The “Learning Library” section of the PAH initiative contains useful

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