A 'pain' patch developed for patients with cancer could help thousands of people beat the agony of chronic back problems. Research shows that the prescriptiononly-Durogesic patch results in a ...

Dr. Hernan Bazan, CEO of South Rampart Pharma, discusses his company’s current pipeline. Pharmaceutical Executive: Can you describe South Rampart’s work in pain medication? Dr. Hernan Bazan: For ...

Skin patches are slowly replacing tablets and injections as an alternative means of administering medicine. As demand grows, a variety of patches are available to treat all manner of ills.

In my years as a nurse working in a drug detox unit, I’ve witnessed both the crushing grip of addiction and the grueling journey of recovery. I’ve held patients’ hands through the agony of ...

Pain relief without addiction has been a pharmaceutical goal long before the opioid crisis. A newly approved medicine appears to have achieved that. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ...

Naturally grown cannabis is known to relieve pain, but its addictive high has limited its usefulness as a long-term treatment for chronic pain. Now researchers say they have developed a synthetic ...