The female sex hormones estrogen and progesterone may help relieve pain, an animal study finds. The new research, conducted in lab mice, found that the two hormones work together to direct immune ...

Treatment for opioid addiction with medications is considered the first step in recovery from this life-threatening illness.

Tylenol and NSAIDs both help with pain perception and fever, but the medications do have one key difference. Distinctly, ...

Naloxone (also known as Narcan, the commonly used drug to treat narcotic overdoses) has greater binding to opioid receptors in women's brains than in men's brains, according to new research published ...

Learn about opioid use disorder, the importance of recovery, and how the brain changes when using opioids. Understand the ...

An experimental drug developed by researchers at Duke University could be a key component in solving the nation’s opioid epidemic. Known as “SBI-810,” the drug avoids the “high” that is tied to ...

After you’ve had surgery or experienced a serious physical injury, you are more than likely going to be in a lot of pain. No matter what your pain tolerance is, recovering from surgery or any physical ...