Scientists have developed a new gene therapy that quiets pain at its source in the brain—without the addictive risks of opioids. Using AI to map how pain is processed, they created a targeted “off ...

Chronic nerve pain is one of the most difficult health problems to treat. It affects millions of people around the world and ...

More good news in the battle against opioid addiction. Scientists have reopened research into a class of opioids that were ...

Last week, researchers dropped a bombshell report on DFNZ, a developing new medicine derived from a class of drugs once ...

It promises powerful relief without the high or harm. So why is this breakthrough drug still flying under the radar? For years, opioids have dominated the world of pain management. They’re strong, ...

There is a deep irony in the pain of losing someone you love to the very medication prescribed to resolve their pain. My mother died from an opioid overdose in 2004. She was prescribed Oxycodone for ...

As drug overdose deaths in the U.S. continue to skyrocket, advocates and lawmakers are working to pass key legislation to help prevent opioid addiction before it starts. Tens of millions of Americans ...

• Sixty percent said that chronic pain tends to be dismissed by doctors and the public. • Fifty-four percent said that doctors are not discussing the possibility of developing dependence or addiction ...

The problems with pain medications are not new ones. The epidemic that many talk about in terms of opioid addiction is real. Many states in response to this problem have created new guidelines and ...

Chronic opioid therapy is often misunderstood as primarily producing euphoria, even in long-term pain patients. In reality, ...