Opioids are often prescribed for pain management after surgery — but for the 19 million people in the U.S. with a history of substance abuse, that option may not be safe or desired. Until now, there ...

Women everywhere are celebrating what’s considered a major step forward in feminine health care. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently issued new guidelines for pain management ...

Women should be given more options for pain management at gynecological appointments, according to first-of-its-kind guidance set forth by the national organization that sets practice standards for ...

Those with an extreme pain crisis mis-triaged with a less severe category waited nearly three times as long for medication.

>> IT IS AGONIZING. IT IS SHARP AT TIMES. IT IS SHOOTING AT TIMES. REPORTER: PATIENTS SUFFERING FROM CHRONIC PAIN. A FEW AGREED TO TALK TO 11 NEWS AS LONG AS WE DID NOT USE THEIR NAMES OR FACES. THEY ...

An expert panel convened by the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) has issued a new clinical practice guideline on management of chronic pain in adult cancer survivors. There is no arguing ...

Most individuals living with sickle cell disease who presented to the emergency department with a pain crisis, known as ...

The strong opioid painkiller tramadol is not significantly effective at easing the chronic pain for which it's widely ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The CDC’s 2022 guidelines improved upon the agency’s 2016 recommendations, which were criticized for lacking ...

A new dental practice guideline recommends acetaminophen or nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) as first-line treatments for managing short-term pain in children. "This clinical prescribing ...

Background. Patients who will be undergoing painful procedures have a right to optimal comfort management before, during, and after a procedure, contend Czarnecki and colleagues, writing on behalf of ...

These evidence-based guidelines were published in January 2022 in the journal Prehospital Emergency Care. A companion publication, Evidence-Based Guidelines for Prehospital Pain Management: Literature ...