Opioids were once the go-to solution for surgical pain relief, but unwanted side effects like nausea, dizziness, constipation ...

What Is Pain Management for Crohn’s Disease? Pain management can help control your discomfort related to Crohn’s. You may notice two main types of pain: Visceral pain. This happens inside your body ...

According to results presented here, an opioid-free pain management regimen yielded similar pain outcomes and opioid ...

Assuring Quality Cancer Survivorship Care: We've Only Just Begun Awareness of the safe and effective use of opioids in the oncology setting is essential to the provision of adequate pain relief.

Treating chronic neuropathic pain with spinal cord stimulation may help prevent excess mortality associated with chronic pain ...

Chronic pain is complex, and it can take a person some time to find the best pain relief methods that work for them. There are many options to try, such as hot and cold therapy, yoga, or drug ...

—Because moderate or severe pain is common after surgery, and can hinder postoperative outcomes, it’s critical that care teams have recommendations that can facilitate pain management throughout the ...

A few years ago, Peter Grinspoon, MD, slipped on ice and tore a tendon in his left thigh so badly that he needed surgery to reattach it. He was sent home with a prescription for the opioid oxycodone ...

Perioperative gabapentin upped the risk of delirium, new antipsychotic use, and pneumonia in older adults after major surgery, a retrospective study showed. Risk of delirium -- the primary outcome of ...

When it comes to contraception, intrauterine devices (IUDs) have so much going for them. They have some of the highest efficacy rates compared to other forms of birth control, they can last up to 10 ...

Birth control can treat the symptoms of endometriosis like pelvic pain and period cramping. But it's a short term solution to ...

Some gynecological procedures can be incredibly painful, and now medical experts are acknowledging the need for change. Women's pain has often been dismissed by doctors, an occurrence that's ...