Medications
Research finds opioids may help chronic pain, a little
Use of opioids for patients with chronic, non-cancer pain may help, but not a lot.
Dec 18, 2018
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News tagged with pain relief
Psychology & Psychiatry
The soothing effects of strangers
Is pain treatment more helpful if it is provided by a friend, or is the help of a stranger better? A study conducted by researchers from the Universities of Wuerzburg, Amsterdam and Zurich investigated this question and found ...
Sep 26, 2018
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Medications
Pain relief at a lower opioid dose
A team of researchers at Johns Hopkins have found that activating nerve cell receptors along two chemical pathways—one that has previously been linked to how the brain senses "itch"—may improve pain relief when combined ...
Jun 25, 2018
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Taking paracetamol during pregnancy may reduce fertility of daughters
Taking paracetamol during pregnancy may impair the future fertility of female offspring, according to a review published in Endocrine Connections. The article reviews three separate rodent studies that all report altered ...
Jan 5, 2018
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Medications
Non-psychotropic cannabinoids show promise for pain relief
Some cancers love bone. They thrive in its nutrient-rich environment while gnawing away at the very substrate that sustains them, all the while releasing inflammatory substances that cause pain—pain so severe that opioids ...
Sep 4, 2017
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Neuroscience
Scientists discover powerful potential pain reliever
A team of scientists led by chemists Stephen Martin and James Sahn at The University of Texas at Austin have discovered what they say is a powerful pain reliever that acts on a previously unknown pain pathway. The synthetic ...
Aug 16, 2017
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Medications
Ultrasound-triggered liposomes for on-demand, local anesthesia
Researchers at Boston Children's Hospital have found a new way to non-invasively relieve pain at local sites in the body; such systems could one day improve pain management by replacing addictive opioids and short-lasting ...
Aug 10, 2017
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Neuroscience
Sex differences in brain activity alter pain therapies
A female brain's resident immune cells are more active in regions involved in pain processing relative to males, according to a recent study by Georgia State University researchers.
Mar 2, 2017
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Medications
Researchers identify source of opioids' side effects
A commercially available drug may help drastically reduce two side effects of opioid painkillers—a growing tolerance and a paradoxical increased sensitivity to pain—without affecting the drugs' ability to reduce pain, ...
Jan 17, 2017
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Neuroscience
Placebo sweet spot for pain relief found in brain
Scientists have identified for the first time the region in the brain responsible for the "placebo effect" in pain relief, when a fake treatment actually results in substantial reduction of pain, according to new research ...
Oct 27, 2016
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