Low back pain affects an estimated one in four American adults and is the leading contributor to disability globally. In most ...

Scientists have discovered a new mechanism that acts via an immune cell and points toward a different way of treating chronic ...

The female sex hormone estrogen, along with progesterone, appears to underlie a fundamental difference in how males and ...

Is this cannabis-based alternative to opioid painkillers the key to treating chronic pain? - It’s high time for a ...

For patients with opioid use disorder (OUD), evidence supports continuation of buprenorphine during episodes of acute pain, ...

Phase Inpatient Withdrawal Programme for Long-Term Opioid Use in Non-Cancer Pain,” published in the March 2025 issue of ...

Chronic pain is a silent epidemic, affecting over 50 million Americans and significantly impacting quality of life.

The study, which was published in the journal Pharmacological Reports, analyzed the impact of four terpenes that are found in ...

In this systematic review, evidence for the efficacy of acute pain interventions on individuals with opioid use disorder was ...

A painkiller developed by Germany's Algiax Pharma has shown efficacy in the treatment of chronic neuropathic pain, another positive development in the search for alternatives to opioids.

opioids, massage and more. But not much actually eases back pain, including those suggestions, according to a new evidence review. Only painkillers like aspirin or ibuprofen-- non-steroidal ...