The latest research in CTDs and Pain Management, and even Pain Conditions (IPS, CRPS, etc.), listed from most recent (top of list) to older resources (bottom of list).
Listings include a link embedded in the name of the study, the year it was published, and a credit to the group member who shared it with us.
Painkillers without addiction? Vertex hopes its experimental pill can be first in a new class of drugs, a new class of painkillers that would provide the relief of opioids without the addiction. by Jonathan Saltzman for the Boston Globe, December 2023
Blocking sensory nerve fibers eased pain responses in mice, by Linda Shapiro, PhD for Ehlers-Danlos News, December 2023, via Maria P.
Chronic Pain in the US: New Data, Eve Bender for Medscape on the results of the National Health Interview Survey on chronic pain, November 2023
Harnessing the power of a parasite that can stop pain, Emily Caldwell for Ohio state News, November 2023, via Jane Y.
Colostrum: A Regenerative Hormone for Arachnoiditis, by Dr. Forest Tenant for PNN, June 2023, via Ronnie U.
Study Highlights Lack of Evidence for Antidepressants in Treatment of Chronic Pain, Kevin Gallagher for the Cochrane Review, May 2023 via Cynthia D.
Researchers Locate Signals in Brain Related to Chronic Pain, Jay Croft for Medscape, May 2023, via Jon R.
Mayo Clinic Q and A: Targeting pain with restorative neuromodulation, by Cynthia Weiss for May Clinic News, May 2023, via Jon R.
New Guidelines for Cannabis in Chronic Pain Management Released, by Liz Scherer for Medscape, April 2023
Hope for Hypermobility: Part 2—An Integrative Approach to Treating Symptomatic Joint Hypermobility, April 2023
Hope for Hypermobility: Part 1—An Integrative Approach to Treating Symptomatic Joint Hypermobility, March 2023
Fibromyalgia Treatment is a Real Gas, “Immersing fibromyalgia patients in high levels of oxygen is more effective at treating their pain and other symptoms than two medications commonly prescribed for the disorder, according to a new study.” March 2023 via Shannon W.
New ways to measure pain can help us communicate how bad it really is, by Anna Demming, NewScientist, November 2022 via Jon R.
Intractable Pain Syndrome Research and Education Project “Intractable pain (IP) simply means a pain that has no known means of cure. Intractable pain syndrome (IPS) means a constant pain that causes cardiovascular, endocrine, metabolic, and immunologic complications. The first and most important message is that IPS is a serious, debilitating, and life-shortening disorder unless properly treated.” via The IPS Editorial Committee, 2022
Cooling away the pain: Researchers develop bioresorbable, implantable device to block pain signals from peripheral nerves, research being done at the Pusan National University in South Korea and reported about in Science Daily, September 2022 via Jane Y.
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