Chronic pain management

Opioids no better than non-opioids for chronic back and osteoarthritis pain

The results of a 12-month study show that opioids provided no benefit over non-opioid medications for improving pain-related function in people with chronic back pain or hip or knee osteoarthritis.…

Opioid use on the rise in England, particularly in the north, study finds

Long-term opioid use for chronic non-cancer pain is rising steeply in England according to a study in the British Journal of General Practice …

Chronic pain medication linked to poor cardiometabolic outcomes

Research raises questions about the impact of chronic pain medication on cardiometabolic health …

Ketamine provides short term relief from chronic migraine

A retrospective study showed that ketamine infusions improved short-term analgesia for refractory headaches…

Treatments for neuropathic pain

Neuropathic pain is a common condition characterised by subjective negative and positive symptoms that range from numbness to debilitating pain.…

A crisis hidden in plain sight? Prescription opioid misuse in the UK

The United States is in the grip of an opioid misuse epidemic, with 142 opioid-related deaths every day. Could prescription painkiller misuse reach crisis levels in the UK too?…

Botox more effective than topiramate for chronic migraine prevention

New research suggested botox had greater tolerability compared with topiramate against chronic migraine…

Antidepressants have different adverse effect profiles when used for chronic pain

Researchers say that better knowledge of the side effects of low-dose antidepressants is needed to aid the selection of drugs for patients…

Pharmacological treatment options for fibromyalgia

Fibromyalgia is a high-impact and prevalent condition. Its clinical features include widespread pain and tenderness — often associated with high levels of poor-quality sleep, fatigue and cognitive dysfunction. The mechanism leading to fibromyalgia development is associated with a cha…

Antioxidant successfully relieves chemotherapy-induced neuropathic pain

Researchers studied the effects of melatonin on mitochondrial damage and neuropathic pain after chemotherapy.…