Pacira BioSciences’ CEO discusses research into pain treatment that has less chance of creating dependency and addiction ...

Decades of slow-moving research, along with broader failures of the healthcare system, have left millions of people in daily ...

Endogenous opioid peptides are the neurochemical basis of the anesthetic and analgesic effects of acupuncture. The quantity of acupuncture stimulus can be controlled accurately by using ...

Nitazenes—a class of highly potent synthetic opioids—are rapidly emerging as a major contributor to the overdose crisis, ...

A recent clinical trial found that adjunctive dexmedetomidine didn't significantly improve pain scores or reduce opioid consumption in ICU patients with traumatic rib fractures.

Research findings suggest opioids, with varying efficacy at the μ and κ receptors, produce independent effects on unique pain mechanisms and individual responsiveness for some is dependent on pain ...

Ketamine use disorder is a serious and growing problem of increased non-prescribed ketamine use among young users, ages 16-30. Linda Cottler, Ph.D., and her fellow researchers at the University of ...

Most people who misuse opioids take the drugs to relieve pain, but data suggest that men are more likely to misuse and overdose on opioids than women, even though they suffer less chronic pain.