A new requirement that doctors prescribing controlled substances get training on substance abuse is being criticized by doctors as vague and by addiction specialists as not going far enough, amid the ...

Childhood abuse can play a significant role in the development of pain syndromes later in life. Widespread body pain, headaches, irritable bowel syndrome, interstitial cystitis, and chronic pelvic ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A considerable proportion of rheumatology patients may have a history of abuse, trauma or post-traumatic stress ...

The medical community’s focus on global outcomes of treatment, rather than on patient-specific outcomes, is yet another obstacle to optimal treatment for pain. But by having patients actively involved ...

We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact customerservice@slackinc.com. “Cebranopadol is a novel pain medication and works in a ...

ST. LOUIS -- Justin Knox bit down on the bitter-tasting wafer, probably not realizing the medicine in his mouth was more powerful than morphine and strong enough to kill pain for three days. As the ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. drug regulators asked on Friday for manufacturers of prescription pain medications to provide more specifics on an industry plan to curb growing abuse of morphine, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I am a physician and behavioral scientist at Duke University. Chronic pain often depends as much or more on the brain’s response ...