A growing number of people are turning to medical marijuana for pain control, and doctors say cannabis is generally safer ...

Tramadol, a potent synthetic opioid, has been widely used to treat moderate to severe pain, but a new study suggests that the medication’s potential risks outweigh its “limited” benefits for chronic ...

Reddit’s AI-powered search feature has come under scrutiny for recommending opioids, including potentially dangerous ...

New research challenges fears about stopping long-term prescription opioid use, uncovering no associated rise in suicide risk ...

Millions of Americans use weed to treat chronic pain, but there's little high quality research on whether it works. New ...

But the Reddit AI’s first suggestion was to try kratom, an herbal extract from a plant called Mitragyna speciosa that ...

For the first time in two decades, the FDA has approved a new class of non-opioid pain medication, offering an alternative to addictive opioids for patients seeking pain relief. The drug, suzetrigine, ...

The opioid crisis remains a significant public health challenge in the United States. In 2022, over 2.5 million American adults had an opioid use disorder, and opioids accounted for nearly 76% of ...

According to results presented here, an opioid-free pain management regimen yielded similar pain outcomes and opioid ...

People on long-term opioid treatment can be reassured that stopping these medicines is not likely to increase their risk of ...

A NIH-funded study shows acupuncture treatments significantly reduce chronic low back pain and disability in adults 65 and ...

Adolescents and young adults were at greater risk of using opioids if their parents had multiple opioid prescriptions, ...