The guidelines recently issued by the CDC regarding intrauterine device (IUD) insertion mark a significant, albeit overdue, milestone in recognizing and addressing the pain experienced by women ...

Dear Dr. Roach: My husband had left knee replacement surgery three weeks ago. He has had continuous unrelenting pain since. He was initially on hydrocodone with acetaminophen alternating with tramadol ...

Muscle and joint aches. Shooting, stinging, or burning pain. Ongoing stiffness or squeezing sensations, pain so persistent and intense that it leads to constant fatigue, anxiety, depression, and ...

A man in his mid-60s with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) and mild dementia presents to the emergency department (ED) with severe generalized abdominal pain that started immediately after finishing ...

We need to stop normalizing severe period pain. It may be caused by endometriosis, a common condition that affects about 1 in 10 women. And it may be treatable. Internal medicine physician, Harvard ...

This article is part of “Innovations In: Sickle Cell Disease,” an editorially independent special report that was produced with financial support from Vertex Pharmaceuticals. Kalpna Gupta was in a ...

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Editor’s Note (1/31/25): The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the novel nonopioid medication suzetrigine for acute pain. That pain ranges from moderate to severe. The drug was tested in ...