Pain Management

Physician with expertise in pain research discussed emerging technologies in the future of pain medicine and how they must be adapted to improve patient outcomes.

Experts gathered to explore the pathophysiology and therapeutic management of burn injury-induced pain.

Patients with musculoskeletal pain were treated with cryotherapy spray to assess its use in providing immediate and sustained pain relief.

Patients prescribed high-dose opioids were given the option to switch to buprenorphine in hopes of improving pain and reducing opioid dosage.

Researchers investigate the effects of subanesthetic doses of esketamine for the treatment of pain and cognition in patients undergoing surgery.

For patients with atopic dermatitis reporting moderate-to-severe scratching, researchers explored the efficacy of an AI-enabled wearable sensor with closed-loop haptic feedback.

Cardiovascular health is known to be associated with the probability of having active or developing migraine in the future.

Researchers conducted a review of clinical studies to better understand non-oral drugs for the treatment of pain related to herpes zoster.

Researchers asked adults with chronic pain and physicians their opinions on cannabis regulations.

Reducing the number of opioid prescriptions for patients with lower back pain did not result in an increased use of other, risky pain medications.

Assessing the management of chronic low back pain, researchers compared outcomes of healthy lifestyle care with current guideline-recommended care.

Researchers addressed unmet needs in the treatment of chronic pain for patients living with axial spondyloarthritis.

In a network meta-analysis, researchers compared the safety and efficacy of available analgesic treatment for treating acute pain in children.

A recent study found that edible or smoked cannabis use predicted little variability in pain relief.

In a systematic review, researchers explored how biofeedback impacted rehabilitation in patients experiencing chronic pain disorders.

Tocilizumab-anoh is the biosimilar formulation for ACTEMRA, a medication used to treat rheumatoid arthritis, COVID-19, and other diseases.

Axsome Therapeutics expects the therapy to be commercially available in the United States in approximately 4 months.

The decision makes the selective NaV1.8 pain signal inhibitor the first new class of medicine to treat acute pain in over 20 years.

Researchers analyzed liveborn infant data from January 2020 to June 2024 to determine prevalence, cause, and treatment strategies for pain among preterm infants.

A supratherapeutic dose of 1000 ug cebranopadol was significantly less likeable compared to 40 mg oxycodone when crushed and taken intranasally.

Researchers conducted a literature review of patients’ clinical experiences with using secukinumab to treat psoriatic arthritis.

Cebranopadol is a first-in-class investigational therapy that targets the nociceptin/orphanin FQ receptor and the µ-opioid receptor.

Older patients were more likely to receive opioid-sedative coprescriptions to treat low back pain.

A combination of ibuprofen and acetaminophen was found to be superior to hydrocodone and acetaminophen in managing pain after impacted mandibular third-molar extraction surgery.

XG005 from Xgene Pharmaceutical is a novel, non-opioid chemical entity that targets anti-nociceptive and anti-neuropathic pain pathways.

Check out this list of our top 5 most read nonopioid pain management stories from the year 2024.

Check out this list of our top 5 most read pain management stories from the year 2024.

A study found that patients with medication-overuse headache and neck pain experience earlier onset of primary headache and decreased quality of life.

Triptans are used to treat acute migraine and cluster headaches.

Treatment of comorbidities may help patients overcome resistance or refractoriness to migraine therapies.