Chronic low back pain significantly affects quality of life for millions of people worldwide. Back pain makes it difficult to ...

Regular gabapentin use appeared to increase risk of dementia by 29% and mild cognitive impairment by 85%, researchers reported n the journal Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine. Photo by ...

Nerve pain affects millions of people worldwide, creating a burning, shooting, or electric sensation that can make daily activities nearly impossible. Unlike regular pain that responds well to common ...

A viewer tells us they started taking Lyrica after taking gabapentin for several years; they'd like to know the side effects for both. Doctor Lacy Anderson has more. Lyrica, or pregabalin, is a ...

Researchers have discovered a non-opioid compound that, in mice, effectively reduced the pain hypersensitivity associated with chronic and often debilitating nerve pain caused by diabetes or ...

For people suffering from the burning, tingling and shooting pain of neuropathy, current treatments are limited and often fail to bring lasting relief. But help may be on the horizon. Northeastern ...

Researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have discovered that targeting a specific immune process ...

A hidden immune stress switch may be driving chemotherapy nerve pain and scientists have found a way to turn it off.

The pain management teams at the LKS Faculty of Medicine of the University of Hong Kong (HKUMed) and Queen Mary Hospital (QMH ...

The treatment, known as a femoral nerve block, acts as a local anaesthetic and can serve as an alternative to opioid ...