Opioid Therapy Tracker

Nanomaterials are advancing as both precise drug carriers and agents with their own analgesic properties, offering targeted relief that may reduce...

Ohio AG Andy Wilson charged 18 people with $355,000 in combined Medicaid fraud, including multiple Dayton-area cases, stressing that such schemes harm...

Lawsuits against Boston Scientific and Abbott allege SCS device malfunctions caused worsening pain, numbness, shocks, and incontinence, with claims of...

Does this pilot study show THC-CBD extracts can safely lower opioid needs in endometriosis?

Promising outcomes: 27 women saw significant drops in...

What could ARA-290 mean for small-fiber neuropathy patients losing opioid access?

• Mechanism without opioids: Activates innate repair receptors to...

Experimental peptides lack the rigorous testing required for FDA-approved options like Ozempic.

• Approved peptides undergo years of safety and...

National trends show growing buprenorphine availability for opioid use disorder, yet Ohio primary care providers remain reluctant to prescribe.

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The AMTA report pairs a literature review on massage efficacy with a commissioned economic model, but the $11.1 billion net savings claim rests almost...

New CRPS patients gain most from picking one focused path instead of reading everything at once.

• Learn the condition: Understand diagnosis,...

High-dose opioid tolerance allowed a 65-year-old CRPS patient on 400 MME to emerge normally after laparoscopy when baseline long-acting opioids were...

• Sessions typically run 1-4 hours plus 30-60 minutes recovery, with vital signs checked frequently.
• Expect floating sensations, time distortion,...

Chronic pain patients endure systemic violence through insurance denials of effective medications like Lyrica and opioids, plus scapegoating tied to...

President Trump's determination accuses Canada of hosting clandestine fentanyl labs and Chinese gangs on the northern border, linking the issue to...

The 2016 CDC guideline's MME thresholds became rigid policy limits despite the agency's own warnings about their imprecision.

• Physician behavior...

• Locus coeruleus neurons switch roles after nerve injury, promoting sensitivity instead of suppressing pain.
• A small population of mu opioid...

High-dose opioid therapy requires documenting the agent, indication, and prescriber so a management plan can be agreed in advance when assessing spinal cord stimulation eligibility.

• Subjective pain assessment leaves room for bias, so women, patients of color, and rural residents often face minimized symptoms and delayed...

Ensysce presented its investigational psychedelic-based CRPS program at PainWeek 2026 to 320+ specialists and joined an FDA hearing on psychedelic...

Starting April 2027, CMS will expand its ACCESS model to continue technology-supported chronic musculoskeletal pain management beyond the initial...

• Acute impact: In total knee arthroplasty, 62% of suzetrigine patients were discharged without opioids versus 21% in controls.
• Prescribing...