A new requirement that doctors prescribing controlled substances get training on substance abuse is being criticized by doctors as vague and by addiction specialists as not going far enough, amid the ...

Opioid analgesics represent one of our earliest and most effective therapeutic classes of medication. Despite their recognized efficacy, the opioids have historically been subjected to periods of ...

Childhood abuse can play a significant role in the development of pain syndromes later in life. Widespread body pain, headaches, irritable bowel syndrome, interstitial cystitis, and chronic pelvic ...

The medical community’s focus on global outcomes of treatment, rather than on patient-specific outcomes, is yet another obstacle to optimal treatment for pain. But by having patients actively involved ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A considerable proportion of rheumatology patients may have a history of abuse, trauma or post-traumatic stress ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. drug regulators asked on Friday for manufacturers of prescription pain medications to provide more specifics on an industry plan to curb growing abuse of morphine, ...

Vermont faces a critical challenge -- how to combat the rising opiate abuse epidemic currently plaguing the state, while simultaneously protecting those who constitute another epidemic, namely the ...