Chronic pain exacts an enormous physical ... The controversy revolves around opioids, the medicinal use of which possibly dates as far back as the 5 th millennium BC by the ancient Sumerians ...

Emotion regulation and pain catastrophizing influenced pain severity and interference in patients taking opioid medications for chronic noncancer pain.

My story carries lessons for millions who suffer from chronic back pain ... I was tempted to go back to opioids, but gritted my teeth and bore the pain. After two weeks, as Dr Reddi had predicted ...

Objective Our primary purpose was to improve overall understanding of the harms and benefits associated with oral opioid interventions prescribed for treatment of acute or chronic back pain. Our ...

The trouble is, when it comes to chronic pain, opioids are often not that effective ... "But if I give you a painkiller and you come back saying, 'I'm still in pain,' what do we do?

Chronic non-cancer pain (CNCP) is a disabling chronic condition with a high prevalence rate around the world. Opioids are routinely prescribed for treatment of chronic pain (CP). In the past two ...

A complex extracted from the amniotic membrane in humans reduces post-surgical pain in mice by directly inhibiting pain-sensing neurons.

Tactics used to persuade U.S. doctors that potent painkillers could be safely prescribed have been used abroad, an ...

Spine BioPharma, Inc., a development stage company committed to non-opiate, non-surgical therapies for Degenerative Disc ...

The session highlighted the likely risk of opioid therapy in chronic pain management resulting ... on the interventional management of lower back pain presented at the IASP session by Olivier ...

The American Academy of Pediatrics has published its first clinical guideline for pediatricians on prescribing opioids, including explicit instructions on how and when to prescribe these medications ...