Opioid Pain Articles & Analysis
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Researchers at Temple University have partnered with Doylestown-based pharmaceutical company Neuropathix to develop a synthetic molecule based on cannabidiol (CBD) that can provide more potent pain relief than CBD itself. They are currently studying it for a type of chronic pain caused by nerve damage due to chemotherapy. TheCBD-based drug could offer an ...
It’s no secret that America — and Philadelphia — is currently in the midst of an opioid epidemic. When a patient is prescribed the pain-relieving drugs, there’s a high chance the patient will struggle with addiction, according the CDC. ...
I recently ran across the sobering statistic that patients suffering from chronic low back pain, such as degenerative disc disease (DDD), account for nearly 60% of prescription opioid usage in the U.S. ...