Opioids

Fibromyalgia is one of many chronic pain conditions that remains stubbornly difficult to treat

A recent analysis concludes that sharp declines in production costs for these drugs reduce the price per dose for consumers in ways that alter patterns of use and dependence

First time county-level association between opioid deaths and dispensary prevalence found

New research also shows that cannabis use increases pain and postoperative opioid use

The method uses infrared light spectroscopy and can be used in a portable, tabletop device

New method could vastly improve the rate at which diseases are detected and diagnosed

Few of the news stories analyzed in a recent study included information about non-pharmaceutical treatments for chronic pain, despite these being the preferred option for most chronic pain conditions

Study by the universities of Bonn and ShanghaiTech opens up perspectives for the development of painkillers

Researchers clarify the mechanism behind ketamine’s mechanism of action in hopes of restoring the therapy’s standing among health care professionals and the public

Opioid testing is challenging, as many illicit synthetic opioids are designed to elude detection