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Brain Zaps Can Make Folks More 'Hypnotizable'

THURSDAY, Jan. 4, 2023 – An electrical zap to the brain can temporarily render a person more susceptible to hypnosis, a new study shows. Participants became more easily hypnotized after paddles...

Exposure to Any Adverse Childhood Experience Tied to Later Pain Disorders

FRIDAY, Dec. 22, 2023 – The risk for reporting chronic painful disorders rises with increasing numbers of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), according to a review published online Dec. 18 in...

Childhood Trauma Could Raise Odds for Adult Physical Pain

WEDNESDAY, Dec. 20, 2023 – Beyond a myriad of other consequences, childhood trauma appears to raise the specter of chronic pain in adulthood, new research shows. Researchers pored over 75 years'...

Over-the-Counter Meds, Exercise Most Prevalent Treatment for Chronic Pain

MONDAY, Nov. 20, 2023 – For adults with chronic pain, the most prevalent pain management therapies were over-the-counter pain relievers and exercise in 2020, according to a research letter published...

Few Adults Talk to Providers About BP Risks of OTC Pain Relievers

TUESDAY, Nov. 7, 2023 – Only about 30 percent of U.S. adults have spoken with their health care professional about the adverse effects some over-the-counter pain relievers can have on blood...

1 in 5 U.S. Adults Now Has Arthritis

TUESDAY, Oct. 17, 2023 – Arthritis is becoming a disease of the masses, striking 21% of U.S. adults, or over 53 million people, a new report shows. “It's important first to point out that arthritis i...

Four SNPs Linked to Chronic Complex Regional Pain Syndrome Type 1

FRIDAY, Oct. 13, 2023 – Four single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in four genes are associated with chronic complex regional pain syndrome type 1 (CRPS-1), according to a study published online...

Cannabis Use Relatively Common Among Midlife Women

WEDNESDAY, Sept. 27, 2023 – Current and lifetime medical and recreational cannabis use is relatively common among midlife women, according to a study presented at the annual meeting of the North...

Psychotherapy May Help Ease Fibromyalgia Pain

MONDAY, Sept. 25, 2023 – "Talk therapy" may help people with fibromyalgia manage their chronic pain – and alter the brain's pain-processing circuitry along the way, a new study shows. Researchers...

Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy Helps Relieve Fibromyalgia Pain

FRIDAY, Sept. 22, 2023 – Cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) is superior to a matched education treatment in reducing the interfering effects of pain and other aspects of fibromyalgia, according to a...

High-Dose VX-548 Reduces Acute Pain Over 48 Hours

FRIDAY, Aug. 4, 2023 – High-dose VX-548, an oral, highly selective inhibitor of the Nav1.8 voltage-gated sodium channel, reduces acute pain over 48 hours after abdominoplasty and bunionectomy,...

FDA Approves Arymo ER (morphine sulfate) Abuse-Deterrent Formulation for the Treatment of Chronic Pain

WAYNE, Penn., Jan. 9, 2017 /PRNewswire/ – Egalet Corporation (Nasdaq: EGLT) ("Egalet"), a fully integrated specialty pharmaceutical company focused on developing, manufacturing and commercializing...

FDA Approves Belbuca (buprenorphine) Buccal Film for Chronic Pain Management

DUBLIN and RALEIGH, N.C., October 26, 2015 – Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc., a subsidiary of Endo International plc (NASDAQ: ENDP) (TSX: ENL), and BioDelivery Sciences International, Inc. (NASDAQ: BDSI),...

FDA Approves Targiniq ER Extended-Release Oxycodone with Abuse-Deterrent Properties

July 23, 2014 – Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Targiniq ER (oxycodone hydrochloride and naloxone hydrochloride extended-release tablets), an extended-release/long-acting...

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