Pain News

People who suffer from depression are much more likely to be prescribed powerful opioid painkillers like morphine and codeine and to stay on the drugs long-term, new research shows.

Nov 20, 2009 - Pfizer announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Revatio Injection, an intravenous formulation of Revatio.

Pfizer Submits New Pediatric Data For Lipitor To The European Medicines Agency Pfizer Inc announced it has submitted pediatric data for Lipitor to the European Medicines Agency .

Covidien , a leading global provider of healthcare products, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has set a new action date under the Prescription Drug User Fee Act for the review of the New Drug Application for Exalgo Tablets , of February 22, 2010.

NeurogesX To Hold Conference Call To Discuss FDA Approval Of Qutenza 8% Patch For Treatment Of Postherpetic Neuralgia Main Category: Pain / Anesthetics Also Included In: Pharma Industry / Biotech Industry Clinical Trials / Drug Trials NeurogesX, Inc.

Two new studies advance that argument and demonstrate how shielding lung cancer cells from opiates reduces cell proliferation, invasion and migration in both cell-culture and mouse models.

Eating for your age: nutrition tips for seniors As we age, it's as important as ever to stick to a healthy diet.

Epiphany Biosciences announced results from its Phase 2b dose-ranging study of EPB-348 in patients with shingles infection.

Evidence is mounting that morphine, commonly used to manage pain, may accelerate cancer growth, but a newly-approved drug that blocks its side effects could also keep tumors from spreading, U.S. researchers said on Wednesday.

A CT scan -- a kind of super X-ray -- provides a faster, cheaper way to diagnose a heart attack when someone goes to the emergency room with chest pains, a new study suggests.

A big frustration in Dr. Faris Abusharif's life is when a new patient comes in and tells him he's been suffering from pain for a long time because someone told him that's just the way it was going to be.

When babies are teething , they're generally miserable from the pain, swelling and tenderness in their gums.

Psoriatic arthritis is a disease that deals the body a double blow. Both skin and joints are affected by this autoimmune disorder.

BioElectronics Corp. announced that its disposable drug-free anti-inflammatory devices proved to be significantly more effective than acetaminophen in a clinical study of Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness .

Let's say you go to your local pharmacy to pick up your prescription for high blood pressure.

Par Pharmaceutical Co. said Monday it received marketing approval for a generic version of Johnson & Johnson's extended-release chronic pain drug Ultram ER, and has started shipping the drug.

Dr. Lynn Webster, a pain specialist, treats a patient at Lifetree Clinical Research and Pain Clinic in Salt Lake City.

Chronic pain costs the United States more than $100 billion a year in direct medical costs and lost productivity, and it leads to more than 50 million lost workdays annually.

The American Medical Association gave medical marijuana a boost on Tuesday. The AMA has urged the federal government to loosen its hold on the drug by reconsidering the classification of marijuana.

Aspirin has long been touted as a wonder drug. The ancient Greeks used the natural form of aspirin, which came from willow trees, as medicine.