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Self-Medicating With Weed Might Make Things Worse

FRIDAY, Sept. 5, 2025 — Folks who start using weed to cope with anxiety, depression or pain might end up with a worse mental state than before, a new study says. People self-medicating with marijuana ...

Discontinuation of Medical Cannabis Common in Musculoskeletal Pain

TUESDAY, Aug. 26, 2025 – A number of patients with musculoskeletal pain discontinue medical cannabis (MC) within one year, with many discontinuing within the first three months, according to a study...

Most Pain Patients Quit Medical Weed Within A Year, Study Says

MONDAY, Aug. 25, 2025 — More than half of people prescribed medical weed for chronic muscle or joint pain quit using it within a year, a new small-scale study says. About 58% of a group of 78 P...

AAP Offers Guidance for Tapering of Opioids to Prevent Withdrawal in Children

TUESDAY, Aug. 19, 2025 – A plan for tapering opioids should be developed to minimize withdrawal symptoms in children receiving opioids for five or more days, according to a clinical report from the...

FDA Approves Ketamine Product, KETARx, for Surgical Pain Management

MONDAY, Aug. 18, 2025 – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the ketamine product, KETARx, for use in surgical pain management. Ketamine is the only psychedelic or psychedelic-adjacent...

Do Millipedes Hold Key to Pain Relief, Parkinson's Treatment?

SATURDAY, August 2, 2025 — To fend off predators, millipedes release defensive compounds that could one day play a part in treating pain and neurological diseases. "These compounds are quite complex, ...

Perioperative Counseling Reduces Opioid Use After ACL Reconstruction Surgery

TUESDAY, July 29, 2025 – Opioid-limiting pain management education and counseling reduce opioid consumption with no increase in postoperative pain among patients undergoing anterior cruciate...

Remote CBT-Based Therapy Yields Modest Improvements in Chronic Pain

MONDAY, July 28, 2025 – Remote-scalable cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)-based chronic pain (CP) treatments yield modest improvements in high-impact chronic pain compared with usual care,...

FDA Approves Xifyrm (meloxicam) Injection for the Management of Moderate-to-Severe Pain in Adults

Woburn, MA — June 10, 2025 — Azurity Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Xifyrm (meloxicam injection) an IV non-steroidal ant...

Common Meds Appear To Delay Onset Of Parkinson's Disease

THURSDAY, April 17, 2025 – Common medications like aspirin, ibuprofen, statins and beta blockers appear to slow the progress of Parkinson’s disease, a new study says. Parkinson’s symptoms took nea...

Lower Oral Health Scores Linked to Higher Pain Scores in Women

MONDAY, April 14, 2025 – Low oral health scores are associated with higher pain scores, including migraine headache, among women, according to a study published online April 9 in Frontiers in Pain...

ACP: Guidance Provided for Use of Cannabis in Chronic Noncancer Pain Management

MONDAY, April 7, 2025 – In a best practice guideline issued by the American College of Physicians and published online April 4 in the Annals of Internal Medicine, advice is presented for clinicians...

Knee Replacement Recovery Time: What You Need To Know

SUNDAY, April 6, 2025 – Wondering what recovery is really like after knee replacement surgery?  Dr. Ayesha Abdeen, chief of hip and knee replacement surgery at Boston Medical Center, breaks down ...

Evidence Supports Continuing Buprenorphine for Acute Pain in Those With Opioid Use Disorder

MONDAY, March 31, 2025 – For patients with opioid use disorder (OUD), evidence supports continuation of buprenorphine during episodes of acute pain, but overall evidence for pain outcomes in these...

Virtual Reality Headsets Can Help Ease Cancer Pain

FRIDAY, March 28, 2025 – Virtual reality (VR) might be able to provide cancer patients significant pain relief, a new study says. A small group of cancer patients reported a decrease in their pain...

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