This article is one in a series on Medications for Pain. What are your choices? How do various medications work? What are the pros and cons? How about side effects? Here are 2 promising advances in research for pain. 1. The first advance is studying multiple medications together. As you might know all too well, it’s […]

This article is in a series on Medications for Pain. What are your choices? How do various medications work? What are the pros and cons? How about side effects? What are some medication advances coming soon? 1. Improvements to opiates (narcotics) While opiates or narcotics are sometimes helpful, they have more than their share of negatives. Selective narcotics, […]

This article is in a series on Medications for Pain. What are your choices?  How do various medications work? What are the pros and cons? How about side effects? Antipsychotics are medications originally used for psychiatric disorders like schizophrenia or bipolar disorder, where a person’s thinking becomes disorganized or delusional. Like many medication classes, antipsychotics aren’t FDA-approved for any […]

This article is in our series on Medications for Pain. What are your choices? How do various medications work? What are the pros and cons? How about side effects? Opiate medication, sometimes called narcotics are medications designed to treat both acute and chronic pain. Of all medications for pain, narcotics probably get the most press and cause the […]

This article is one in a series on Medications for Pain. What are your choices? How do various medications work? Pros and cons? How about side effects? Anti-Hypertensive Medication are drugs originally used to control high blood pressure. A common medication from this class that’s used for pain is Clonidine. Like muscle relaxants, anti-hypertensives indirectly decrease pain. They would be […]