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  • Nov 1, 2013

    Placebo Analgesia: Psychological and Neurobiological Mechanisms

    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…
  • Nov 1, 2013

    Opioids for Neuropathic Pain

    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: Cochrane Library
  • Oct 1, 2013

    FDA Requires Stronger Peripheral Neuropathy Warning for Quinolones

    The Food and Drug Administration is requiring a stronger warning about the potential for peripheral neuropathy with fluoroquinolone antibiotics that are taken orally or by injection. The warning does not…
  • Oct 1, 2013

    Blueberries, Apples, Grapes May Reduce Diabetes Risk

    A new study suggests that eating more fruit, particularly blueberries, apples and grapes, may reduce the risk of diabetes. The researchers found that for every three weekly servings of blueberries,…
  • Oct 1, 2013

    Combination Pharmacotherapy for Management of Chronic Pain: From Bench to Bedside

    Research published by Queens University recently indicates that combination therapy remains an important beneficial strategy to treating chronic pain. Though different classes of drugs are being used to treat chronic…
  • Oct 1, 2013

    UB Study to Identify Molecular Process Leading to Peripheral Pain

    A faculty member in the UB medical school has received a $1.2 million federal grant to study the gating mechanism of a temperature-sensitive ion channel protein found abundantly in peripheral…
  • Sep 1, 2013

    Ethoxyquin Prevents Chemotherapy-Induced Neurotoxicity via Hsp90 Modulation

    A team of researchers has just published their results of a study to determine if there was a way to prevent peripheral neuropathy from pacitaxel, a chemo-therapy drug used to…
  • Aug 1, 2013

    Equivalency of Tricyclic Antidepressants in Open-Label Neuropathic Pain Study

    Researchers from the Department of Clinical Neurosciences, the Hotchkiss Brain Institute, and the University of Calgary, just published results of a study to compare adverse effects, tolerability and efficacy of…