Visual Feedback Effective Option for Phantom Limb Pain
Once thought of as psychogenic in etiology, researchers are gaining a better understanding the neural mechanisms of phantom pain.
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Dataset Established for Assessing Back Pain
The Institute of Medicine has estimated that chronic pain affects approximately 100 million adults in the United States, with an estimated annual cost of up to $635 billion.
Sleep Disturbance and the Experience of Pain
It is not hard to understand that pain can make sleep difficult, but how does sleep disturbance drive pain sensitivity?
The Role Sodium Channels Play in Painful Neuropathies
Developing drugs that selectively block specific sodium channels could be the holy grail of neuropathic pain treatment.
Compliance Key to Managing Postherpetic Neuralgia
Treating this neuropathic pain condition can be complicated because of polypharmacy, drug dosing schedules, adverse events, drug-drug interactions, and patient comorbidities.
Thought Leaders Discuss Resurgence of Heroin
In this feature, Clinical Pain Advisor explores the the roots of the current heroin epidemic facing the United States, and how chronic pain patients prescribed opioids are affected by it.
Cannabinoids May Provide Pain Relief in Oral Cancer
Oral malignancies can be associated with increased pain, but current research suggests that a cannabis-based medication may reduce this morbidity.
Medical Use of Magnets Under Exploration
More than $1 billion worth of OTC therapeutic magnets have been sold worldwide to date, but are they useful for muscle pain?
Proceed with Caution When Barefoot Running
Research on the relationship between footwear, injury and subsequent pain rates is limited. A switch to a minimalist shoe or barefoot running should be done gradually.
Listening, Not Judging, An Important Component of Pain Management
Sometimes patients complaining of chronic pain are drug seeking, but isn’t addiction a form of pain as well?
