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09/11/2018 / By Rhonda Johansson

Music found to improve surgery outcomes: Patients offered music during surgeries experienced reduced pain and anxiety

Urological surgeon consultant Bhaskar Somani says that offering music to patients during minor surgeries can significantly reduce pain and anxiety. Mr. Somani, a leading surgeon at the University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, came to this conclusion after reviewing data on 1,900 patients across 15 international studies. These patients had had various outpatient procedures. In […]

07/17/2018 / By Janine Acero

The natural painkiller growing in your backyard: Wild lettuce is similar to morphine

Pain is one of the most common symptoms of an injury or disease, and prescription drugs such as opioids that are used for pain relief are now being used so excessively that they’re causing a major epidemic with opioid dependence. Turns out there is a modest plant growing in your backyard that can provide pain-relieving benefits similar to morphine, […]

07/08/2018 / By Isabelle Z.

The truth about painkillers: They do more harm than good

When you’re in a lot of pain, your first instinct is often to do whatever is necessary to make it go away. You might normally prefer natural treatments, but when a throbbing headache or excruciating backache sets in, you can’t reach for that pill bottle fast enough. Unfortunately, however, painkillers of all varieties – including […]

06/01/2018 / By Frances Bloomfield

One more drawback of opioids: Use them too early and the pain gets worse

As stories on the dangers of opioid use continue to come out, researchers have uncovered a potential link between these drugs and increased pain. The findings, presented at the Association of Academic Physiatrists Annual Meeting, showed that acute traumatic spinal cord injury patients who’d been prescribed opioids were more likely to feel pain a year […]

05/02/2018 / By Frances Bloomfield

Use of opioids early in treatment found to make pain worse later in spinal cord injury patients

Researchers from the McGovern Medical School of the University of Texas Health Science Center presented the results of their study on opioid use. They found that prescribing opioids to patients recovering from acute traumatic spinal cord injuries may worsen their pain in the immediate future. The team looked at the data of 180 patients who […]

03/17/2018 / By Michelle Simmons

Study finds 1 in 7 lung surgery patients become dependent on opioids; those with invasive surgeries have double the risk

The use of opioids after surgery is intended to be a short-term treatment to relieve pain. However, a study presented to The Society of Thoracic Surgeons revealed that lung surgery patients become dependent on them even months after their surgery. Researchers of the study analyzed data of cancer patients from January 2010 to June 2014 […]

01/22/2018 / By Zoey Sky

Natural alternatives to pain meds: A review of different options, approaches

These days we’ve gotten so used to taking medication that most of us have never even considered taking natural alternatives despite the fact that most drugs often come with negative side effects. According to an article from MindBodyNetwork.com, we can deal with pain using self-induced behavior modification. Stress can often be transferred to certain body parts, but […]

12/23/2017 / By Michelle Simmons

Study finds surgery patients only use about one-third of the opioid pain relief they receive, illustrating the overprescription problem for addictive pills

A study finds that surgery patients use about a third of the opioid pain relief they receive. This shows that overprescription has contributed to the opioid epidemic. The study shows how patients use their medicines and educates both surgical teams and patients on pain control. A group of researchers from the University of Michigan (U-M) […]

12/21/2017 / By Tracey Watson

Three ways to manage pain without pills

Most of us greet each new day with excitement and joy, happy to be alive and enjoy at least a measure of good health. There are millions of Americans, however, for whom the days pass in a blur of chronic pain. The famous French physician, Dr. Albert Schweitzer, having observed the effects of pain on […]

12/20/2017 / By Isabelle Z.

No good reason for the opioid epidemic: Clinical trial showed no “significant difference” in pain relief for treating arm or leg pain using opioids vs non-opioids

There is a lot of finger-pointing going on when it comes to the cause of the opioid epidemic. The pharmaceutical companies making these drugs often get the bulk of the blame, with the doctors who prescribe them following closely behind in the culpability leaderboard. To be fair, some opioid addictions start out fairly innocently, with […]

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