The misuse of these and other such drugs should serve as a wake-up call. These medications, meant to treat legitimate medical conditions, like epilepsy and neuropathic pain, are being treated as ...

The primary outcome measure was pain rated in a diary completed by telephone each evening; secondary outcomes included measures of overall status, pain-related activity limitation, and sleep.

Harry Sumnall receives funding from public grant awarding bodies for alcohol and other drugs research, and fees from (international) not-for-profit organisations and government departments for ...

The antiseizure medication pregabalin, which is commonly prescribed for chronic pain, has been linked to an increased risk for heart failure (HF), particularly in those with a history of ...

a The three most commonly used maintenance doses are depicted. b Patients taking 25-50 mg once daily should take one supplemental pregabalin dose of 50 or 75 mg after hemodialysis. c Patients taking ...

U.S. health regulators are warning that popular nervous system medications can cause dangerous breathing problems when combined with opioids and certain other drugs. The Food and Drug Administration ...

Trigeminal neuralgia (TN) is characterized by short episodes of extreme pain in the head and face, interspersed by long periods in which symptoms are absent, or during which the patient experiences a ...