April 23, 2012 (Atlanta, GA) — Methadone and buprenorphine are viable analgesic treatment options for patients with chronic pain and comorbid opioid addiction. However, when it comes to safety, ...

• Sixty percent said that chronic pain tends to be dismissed by doctors and the public. • Fifty-four percent said that doctors are not discussing the possibility of developing dependence or addiction ...

Last year, as I sat in attendance at the Institute for Functional Medicine’s Annual Conference, I was fidgeting in my chair. The unifying theme was stress, addiction, pain. The shadows of society. The ...

One of the biggest hurdles to addressing the opioid crisis in the US is knowing what alternative, non-opioid medications to prescribe for the treatment of chronic pain. Physicians struggle with a ...

Orlando Health, one of the region’s largest health systems, announced the expansion of its “opioid navigator” program in certain local hospitals, which helps connect people who end up in the ER for ...

A new study published in Translational Psychiatry provides evidence that chronic heroin addiction impairs the neural networks responsible for creative thinking. The findings indicate that the brains ...

Supporters will tell you that the herb kratom relieves pain, dampens depression, and counters anxiety. Scientists report it plays a role in treating chronic pain, and may cure addiction to opioid ...

A new study finds chronic pain patients show a high prevalence of addiction to prescription pain medications, according to a news release by Geisinger Health System. The study by Geisinger researchers ...

With the opioid epidemic reaching into every corner of the U.S., more people are talking about addiction as a chronic disease rather than a moral failing. For researcher A. Thomas McLellan, who has ...

KXAN’s Jose Torres shares the story of 43-year-old Eric Bumpus, husband and father of two. Bumpus reflects on five years of living with an addiction to pain pills. He shared when he was on pain meds ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) – “When I was on pain meds and in pain all the time, you’re going through hell, and you are really just trying to make it sometimes, one hour at a time,” said Eric Bumpus, a 43-year-old ...