A new study by Monash University medicine safety experts found the use of gabapentinoids—medicines widely used to treat ...

A new study by medicine safety experts found the use of gabapentinoids -- medicines widely used to treat neuropathic pain -- increased the risk of hip fractures, especially in older patients who were ...

When pain signals are passed along the nervous system, proteins called calcium channels play a key role. Researchers at ...

A recent study from the Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP) has found that using infrared light along with regular ...

Your nervous system is a key force behind so many important bodily functions. But when your peripheral nerves—those found outside of the brain and spinal cord—are damaged, it can cause pain and ...

The heterogeneous nature of the mechanisms underlying neuropathic pain complicates the selection of appropriate treatments for individual patients. Although systematic reviews have outlined the ...

The resulting paper, “ Clinical study of a micro-implantable pulse generator for the treatment of peripheral neuropathic pain ...

When pain signals are passed along the nervous system, proteins called calcium channels play a key role. Researchers at ...

Sangamo Therapeutics announced that the FDA has cleared the investigational new drug application for its ST-503 program, an investigational epigenetic regul ...

In palliative care, we have a small number of parenteral medication options for the management of neuropathic pain; including sodium valproate, clonidine, methadone, ketamine and clonazepam.1 As a ...

At present, the impact of the pharmacogenetics on the response to treatment in neuropathic pain is poorly known, but several polymorphisms, among them the cytochrome P450 (CYP)2D6, may intervene.