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

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

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

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

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

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, ...

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

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 ...

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

Researchers sought to confirm the ability of naldemedine to prevent OIC in cancer patients starting daily therapy with strong opioids.

With medication-assisted addiction treatment, oral medications like Naltrexone are prescribed to help prevent symptoms of ...