Pain Care Labs

Pain Care Labs (a dba of MMJ Labs) was established in 2006 by pediatric emergency physician and pain researcher Amy Baxter. Distressed by other doctors’ indifference to needle pain, Dr. Baxter decided to help moms get their children vaccinated pain-free. Her prototype was so effective, she decided to take a year or two to study and develop the technology formally. Her NIH funding led to the discovery of widespread needle fear, the critical components of pain, and an entire new platform for natural effective pain relief. When a colleague used her Buzzy device to avoid opioids for a knee replacement, she decided to quit practice in 2016 to invent and research full time. She is currently NIH NIDA funded to adapt her technology to reduce opioid use for low back pain – everything else was too easy! Now she and her amazing team are out to change the world and eliminate unnecessary pain.