Research published in Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine suggests that using potent synthetic opioids like sufentanil and remifentanil during surgery is associated with a poorer overall ...

Although opioid-type medications have come under a lot of scrutiny in recent years, they are still the first-line treatment ...

[206] and aggressive pain treatment was mandated by hospital credentialing organizations such as JCAHO. Unfortunately, this involved the use of high doses of opioids for chronic (and often ill ...

It's common knowledge that many use cannabis and natural products to treat pain symptoms, especially as the nation reckons ...

Background In spite of recent advances in post-operative pain relief, pain following orthopedic surgery remains an ongoing challenge for clinicians. We examined whether a well known and frequently ...

The FDA has expanded the approval of Dextenza (dexamethasone ophthalmic insert) to include pediatric treatment.

Cooled radiofrequency ablation of lumbar nerves exhibited long-lasting, significant pain relief in patients with chronic low back pain.

Dextenza is an intracanalicular insert that delivers a 0.4mg dose of dexamethasone, a corticosteroid, for up to 30 days following insertion.

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