Pain Management

Managing chronic pain after a cancer diagnosis remains a challenge.

Low-strength evidence shows cannabis may alleviate neuropathic pain, but evidence of benefits in other populations was insufficient.

Researchers continue to search for evidence regarding the use of cannabis for medicinal purposes.

Patients who previously had cancer but experience chronic non-cancer pain may seek treatment with naloxegol.

Naloxegol approved to treat opioid-induced constipation in patients with pain from previous treatment for cancer.

Novel therapy uses cold and heat radio energy to treat arthritis pain.

Patients with depression who present low back pain likely to receive double the dose of opioids.

Acupuncture therapy may help lessen the need for opioid pain medication.

Aspirin as we know it today is one of the cheapest and oldest painkillers on the market, but its therapeutic uses have expanded since it's development in the 19th century.

Drug delivery strategy blocks pain in nerve cells to provide long-lasting treatment.

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Like other non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), ketorolac works on cyclooxygenase enzymes (COX) and inhibits prostaglandin synthesis.

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Opana ER was first approved in 2006 for the management of moderate-to-severe pain when a continuous, around-the-clock opioid analgesic is needed for an extended period of time.

Pharmacists may find themselves in an ethical dilemma related to prescribing of opioids.

Brief opioid use may increase the risk of long-term use.

Due to the increasing rise in drug abuse from opioids and recent safety warnings regarding NSAIDs, practitioners are beginning to show more interest in topical agents.

Sleep deprivation could increase sensitivity to pain.

Opioid use among Afghanistan, Iraq veterans similar to general population.

Recently we have received an increasing number of requests for consults on patients undergoing hemodialysis (HD) or with end-stage renal disease (ESRD).

The analgesic effects of alcohol could lead to a new class of painkillers.

OTC medications are typically not covered making them unaffordable and less accessible to the majority of the population.

After 3 days, patients treated with methadone during surgery no longer required opioids.

Having a few alcoholic beverages may be just as effective as some pain medications from the pharmacy, according to research from a new study.

Tighter regulations surrounding opioids have presented a challenge to physicians treating chronic pain.

Buprenorphine and naloxone buccal film (Bunavail) approved for a revised indication to include use for the initiation of buprenorphine treatment for opioid dependence.

Chronic pain has been defined by the International Association for the Study of Pain as pain that persists beyond the normal tissue healing time of 3 months, and it may be classified into 3 distinct categories: nociceptive, neuropathic, and a mixture of the two.

An interdisciplinary treatment modality is especially effective when treating patients with chronic pain.

Novel investigational compound observed to treat chronic pain without side effects.

A study led by UC Irvine and Duke University, presented at the 2017 American Academy of Pain Medicine meeting in Orlando, examined the association between opioid therapy and melanoma progression in patients diagnosed with the disease.