pain

First Opinion Julia Arnsten

Access to medical cannabis: a new health care disparity

First Opinion William Fleischman and Joseph S. Ross

How Insys undermined an FDA effort to protect the public from dangerous opioids

Biotech Damian Garde

STAT Plus: Disappointing trial results dim hopes for a new class of pain drugs

Biotech Damian Garde

STAT Plus: How one company thinks unraveling cough can provide a new way to treat pain

In the Lab Jacquelyn Corley

The case of a woman who feels almost no pain leads scientists to a new gene mutation

First Opinion Dave Chase

The opioid crisis is partly fueled by insurers’ and employers’ approach to back pain

Health Lev Facher

Study shows Purdue’s switch to ‘abuse-deterrent’ OxyContin helped drive a spike in hepatitis C infections

Health Damian Garde

STAT Plus: So good it hurts: Why drug makers looking to replace opioids want to keep some pain in the picture

Health Casey Ross

Once a last resort, this pain therapy is getting a new life amid the opioid crisis

Health Casey Ross

At glitzy Vegas tech show, chronic-disease gadgets to take center stage

Health Lev Facher

Kaleo, maker of $4,100 overdose antidote, authorizes a generic version for just $178

The Pharmalot View Ed Silverman

STAT Plus: The military pushed it for the battlefield. The FDA went along. Is the newest opioid any better?

First Opinion Kate M. Nicholson, Diane E. Hoffman and Chad D. Kollas

Overzealous use of the CDC’s opioid prescribing guideline is harming pain patients

In the Lab Adam Feuerstein

STAT Plus: One to watch at ASH18: She’s 17 and she studies chronic pain in sickle cell disease

Health Associated Press

Medical devices for pain, other conditions have caused more than 80,000 deaths since 2008

First Opinion Jeffrey Gudin

Now that the SUPPORT Act is law, where do we go from there?

First Opinion Maia Dolphin-Krute

Viewing the opioid crisis as an ecological disaster could help with ‘cleanup’

Health Lev Facher

Tapered to zero: In radical move, Oregon’s Medicaid program weighs cutting off chronic pain patients from opioids

First Opinion Ken Gordon

What Philip Roth’s ‘The Anatomy Lesson’ can teach us about pain and addiction

First Opinion Sara Ray and Kathleen Hoffman

Opioid stigma is keeping many cancer patients from getting the pain control they need

First Opinion Tara Soumerai

An opioid shortage? It’s real and could harm cancer patients

First Opinion Suhas Gondi and Andreas Mitchell

Med schools need to get with the times on medical marijuana, chronic pain, and more

First Opinion Nicholas Chadi and Sharon Levy

Easing access to marijuana is not a way to solve the opioid epidemic

Hospitals Casey Ross

Hospitals are confronting a new opioid crisis: an alarming shortage of pain meds

Politics Lev Facher

STAT Plus: Proposed federal limits to opioid prescriptions draw opposition from physicians and patients

Politics Helen Branswell

STAT Plus: Salmonella outbreak in 20 states linked to kratom consumption

Health Associated Press

Stuck in an opioid crisis, officials turn to acupuncture

Health Sharon Begley

A BMJ Christmas issue filled with wine glasses, sex, and back pain brings out the Grinch in us

Health Associated Press

New, long-acting drugs cut frequency of migraine headaches