pain management

Naltrexone, commonly used for opioid and alcohol use disorders, may also help patients with chronic pain — when prescribed in microdoses. But few doctors or patients seem to know about it.

Paramedics in Sarasota County are turning away from opioids to treat patients in pain. Instead, they will primarily use nitrous oxide also known as...

And the number of sufferers is expected to increase, especially in lower-income countries as people in rural areas move to urban centers and adopt more sedentary lives. So what can help them?

In light of a new study that finds non-opioid painkillers are just as effective as opioids in treating certain types of chronic pain, Dr. Ajay Wasan, professor and vice chair for pain medicine at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, answers questions from listeners about opioids and chronic pain.

Studies show some promising results for new approaches to opioid addiction, but some insurers won't pay for alternative treatments like classes on pain management.

A Fort Lauderdale doctor has been convicted for his role in a South Florida pill mill operation.Dr. Thomas Rodenberg, one of seven doctors swept up in the…

A Port Richey doctor was arrested Wednesday on 12 charges of operating an unlicensed pain clinic.Malcolm Colburn Foster, 62, also is under investigation…

A doctor accused of sexually abusing four women patients at clinics in Melbourne and Daytona Beach should lose his license, the Florida Board of Medicine…

Just days after a Parrish couple lobbied in Tallahassee for the legalization of medical marijuana, police raided their home and seized two pot plants, the…