Search results for Pain Medication

Methylene Blue: A New Pain Relief Option

By Dr. Forest TennantOver the past 1-2 years, the fatty acid palmitoylethanolamide (PEA) was found to reduce pain and inflammation. PEA occurs naturally in our bodies and in some f...

ACDF and the Great Medication Vanishing Act (…Mostly)

Early Tests Show New ‘Safer Opioid’ May Relieve Pain Without Addiction Risk

The search for a safer opioid has followed pain medicine for decades. Doctors still need strong drugs for surgery, major injury, cancer pain, and severe flare-ups. Yet the same med...

Weed/Opioid Combo Doesn't Help Knee Arthritis Pain

TUESDAY, May 19, 2026 — Adding a synthetic weed-derived drug to opioid painkillers brings no relief to people with excruciating knee pain, a new study says. Neither the cannabis dr...

Urgent Napralief naproxen recall warning - full list of batches and MHRA safety advice

Thousands of people use the medication as pain relief for conditions ranging from sporting and other injuries to period pain

Best Over-The-Counter Painkillers for Back Pain That Offer Fast Relief

When back pain flares up, you want fast, effective relief. So you open your medicine cabinet in search of pain medicine and then it hits you: Which over-the-counter (OTC) painkille...

How prior authorization and step therapy harm pain management

Imagine a 54-year-old construction worker named Mike living with debilitating chronic lower back pain after years on the job. His doctor recommends a targeted epidural steroid inje...

The Most Dangerous Pain Reliever Is Probably in Your Medicine Cabinet Right Now

Story at-a-glance Acetaminophen is one of the most commonly used painkillers in the world, found in countless household medicine cabinets and often taken daily for everything from...

Fancy Pain Block, Familiar Result

In “failing” this study delivered an important pain management insight for total hip arthroplasty surgeons…

Combining Opioids With a Cannabis-Based Medicine Doesn’t Add to Pain Relief

By Pat AnsonCombining a low dose of opioids with a cannabis-based medicine did not improve acute pain for people with arthritis, according to results of a small clinical study publ...

How the opioid superagonist DFNZ challenges pain medicine

A publication in Nature in April 2026 reports that N-desethyl-fluornitrazene (DFNZ), a modified nitazene and µ-opioid receptor (MOR) superagonist, produced potent analgesia in rode...

GLP-1 Drugs Offer Real Hope for People With Pain or Addiction

By Dr. Lynn WebsterIn Greek mythology, the goddess Panacea carried a potion that could heal any disease. It’s a seductive image, and it’s how GLP-1 drugs can start to feel as repor...

High-Potency Opioid Relieves Pain Without the Risks

Researchers have engineered a novel nitazene-based opioid, DFNZ, that provides potent pain relief without causing respiratory depression or addiction. The "superagonist" drug could...

Real-World Data on EXPAREL® Shows Reduced Opioid Use and Lower Total Medical Costs in Medicare Patients Undergoing Tota...

Nanotechnology-Based Device Reduces Pain and Immediate Opioid Requirements, and Facilitates Earlier Discharge from the H...

Opioids are often used to control pain following total knee arthroplasty (TKA). Opioid-sparing pain relief tools are needed in the current setting of the opioid crisis. This prospe...

The Evolving Role of Cannabis in Pain Management

Key Takeaways Cannabis products with higher THC content may offer modest short-term pain relief, though they often bring increased side effects. CBD-dominant products currently sho...

Urgent patient alert as Napralief naproxen tablets recalled and advice issued

Thousands of people use the medication as pain relief for conditions ranging from sporting and other injuries to period pain

Less-Dangerous Painkillers, Gabapentinoids, Still Have High Risk For Drug Interactions

TUESDAY, April 21, 2026 — People prescribed gabapentinoid painkillers, such as gabapentin (Gralise, Neurontin, Gabarone, Relgaabi), gabapentin enacarbil (Horizant), or pregabalin (...

The Downside to Powering Through Pain

By Crystal LindellI spent the last few days being incredibly active physically, and using 7-OH to help me power through my pain.And I’m going to be honest with you: It was FANTASTI...

Perioperative Administration of Mirogabalin for Postoperative Pain Management Following Total Hip Arthroplasty: A Random...

Mirogabalin, a selective α2δ-1 ligand, has been proposed to exhibit potent analgesic effects with fewer central nervous system (CNS) side effects than prior gabapentinoids. Its eff...

Powerful New Opioid Relieves Pain With No Dangerous Side Effects

BULLSHIT OR REAL? – April 6, 2026 – “Opioid pain medications are essential for medical purposes, but can lead to addiction and overdose,” said Nora D. Volkow, M.D., director of NIH...

The Brain Circuitry of Placebo Pain Relief

Researchers have pinpointed the brain's "placebo circuit." By training the brain to release its own endorphins in the vlPAG region, they achieved broad-spectrum pain relief without...

This medical procedure can be extremely painful. Part of the problem is bad research

“Women are now told if you take a couple of ibuprofen, you are fine with the pain. In reality, that is unlikely to be true,” says Professor Ben Mol, professor of Obstetrics and Gyn...

Can Hypnosis Therapy Treat Chronic Pain?  

By Pat AnsonThe same academic institution that helped launch a nationwide crackdown on opioid medication has a new suggestion on how to treat chronic pain: hypnosis.Researchers at...