For years, Richard Dolan knew what it felt like to live with nerve pain. He spent many years suffering with trigeminal neuralgia, a neuropathic disorder characterized by episodes of intense... read more →
Most clinically available treatments for neuropathic pain, are borrowed from other therapeutic areas (antidepressants, antiepileptics) or involve older therapy (opiods). Patients often receive only partial pain relief. Dr. Miroslav 'Misha'... read more →
In this review, we bring together three perspectives of placebo research including psychological mechanisms, neurobiological pathways and molecular substrates of placebo analgesia and their contribution to active pain medications. The... read more →
A study was recently published in The Cochrane Library to reassess the efficacy and safety of opioid agonists for the treatment of neuropathic pain. READ MORE Source: Wiley Online Journal