In the 1980s, the role of opioids in the management of chronic noncancer pain was fervently debated. Opioids were considered inappropriate for chronic pain management owing to concerns about ...

According to a new market research by The Insight Partners, the Global Opioids Market is experiencing significant growth owing to the rising prevalence of chronic conditions such as arthritis and ...

Two decades ago, when two genetic mutations were discovered in Asia that gave scientists a better idea of how pain sensations ...

Treating chronic pain with opioids is still a challenge due to the risk of severe side effects and dependency, says co-first author Yunguang Qiu, Ph.D., a postdoctoral fellow in Dr. Cheng's lab ...

Opioids also pose a dependency risk if they are used for long periods to treat postoperative pain or chronic conditions. Khan said some patients have a general fear of opioids as a result and want ...

However, people who use opioids, larger amounts that might be flagged by a PDMP, are not all opioid abusers. For example, there are patients with chronic pain who have been living with a certain ...

Changing the face of chronic pain management could also be a game-changer in the opioid crisis. The Lancet Regional Health – ...

A non-opioid drug for pain developed by UK biotech ... raising the hope it could become a non-addictive option for patients needing chronic pain relief. LEVI-04 was originally discovered at ...

Masoudi's group defined multimodal pain relief as an opioid painkiller plus at least one other form of pain medication. That ...

Study participants included those who were healthy and those who were diagnosed with chronic ... measured how much pain relief the participants had from meditation when the opioid system was ...

Over the course of the trial, opioid dispensing dropped from 62.8% to 50.5% for lower back pain cases, a significant decline. The study found no evidence that emergency department physicians ...

Overdose rates have skyrocketed, even though opioid prescribing has declined. Over 100,000 Americans overdose each year, most on illegal fentanyl. Chronic pain patients desperate for relief are ...