While ketamine therapy isn’t typically a first-line treatment, it may be an option if other pain management strategies ... resistant depression). The medication acts on N-methyl-D-aspartate ...

Treatment for this condition may include medication and surgery. Medication. Typical pain medications don’t work well for people with trigeminal neuralgia, but your doctor may prescribe ...

However, medication and complementary techniques can help you manage your pain and keep you more comfortable. Here are some cancer pain management options to consider. You may be able to manage ...

Dr. Carrie Jose, in her latest Health and Wellness column, gives six tips for managing knee pain without medication ...

The comorbidity of chronic pain and psychiatric disorders is well documented, yet the integration of pain management into psychiatric care remains inadequately addressed.1,2 This Comment advocates the ...

Emotion regulation and pain catastrophizing influenced pain severity and interference in patients taking opioid medications for chronic noncancer pain.

Dear Annie: My wife has been on pain medication for almost a decade, and it has turned into a serious addiction. I have to monitor her pills weekly -- though, recently, it’s been daily.

Women wait longer for treatment in emergency rooms. Women are less likely to be prescribed postoperative pain management medication. And multiple studies have found that medical practitioners ...

Gil Melmed, MD, shares how a proactive pain management protocol curbed opioid prescriptions and utilization among ...

There are many possible causes of bone pain, including arthritis, fracture, and growing pains. Less commonly, it can point to bone cancer. Bone pain may present as tenderness initially ...

Cancer survivors can experience pain anywhere in the body. But no matter where it starts, all pain ultimately involves the nerves. “Our nerves are essentially information highways,” says pain ...