Tag: pain medication
Opioid prescriptions three times higher in 2015 than in 1999, CDC...
Although opioid prescriptions declined year to year from 2010 to 2015 nationwide, their accessibility either continued steady or increased in more than half of...
Treating polyneuropathy with long-term opioid therapy
Patients with pain related to polyneuropathy — dysfunction or damage to the peripheral nerves, which connect the brain and spinal cord to the rest...
Breakthrough in exploration of safer opioids for pain management
A new study discovered that two newly-researched compounds curbed pain responses in monkeys causing little to no respiratory issues and a lowered probability for...
Wearable tech could replace opioids for pain relief, if they work
While millions of Americans are addicted to painkillers prescribed by their doctors, new technologies are surfacing to ease pain symptoms and avoid dependence on...
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