Regional anesthesia may reduce chronic postsurgical pain up to 6 months and mitigate risk for persistent opioid use after elective noncardiac surgery.

Adolore BioTherapeutics, Inc., (”Adolore” or the “Company”), a biotechnology company developing transformational opioid-free intracellularly-delivered treatments for chronic pain, today announced that ...

Regional anesthesia reduced acute and chronic postoperative pain and decreased the incidence of prolonged opioid use after ...

Former Baltimore Health Commissioner and Maryland Health Secretary Joshua Sharfstein testified at the city’s trial against ...

Ninety-one nursing students at Georgia College and State University have been learning how to save lives through two courses.

Researchers investigated the impact of cannabis use vs nonuse on postoperative pain levels and total OME in patients aged 65 years and older.

What if we could harness the placebo effect as a non-opioid medication for pain? This new study, which included a Harvard ...

Prescription opioid pills were the No. 1 source of danger -- but not the only one. Kids got access to used fentanyl patches, illicit drug paraphernalia and even traces of opioids left on discarded ...

In patients starting opioid treatment for noncancer pain, being prescribed more opioids, getting repeated or refillable prescriptions, and being prescribed long-acting opioids were the top factors ...

A Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drug (NSAID) Prescribed to Relieve Pain and Inflammation Meloxicam is not a narcotic. Today, the term “narcotic” generally refers to an illegal drug or a prescription ...

At six locations in four west central Indiana counties on Thursday, the goal was to distribute 1,000 free doses of naloxone, ...