Back pain pushes more people into the doctor’s office that any other condition. In the United States, almost 65 million adults reported experiencing back pain recently. While analgesics typically treat most types of back pain, they are not always effective. Many...
One of the significant components of treating chronic pain issues is to find the right type of pain medication to allow the person to function reasonably well in their daily lives. While some individuals utilize over-the-counter pain medication with good results,...
There are more options for taking medications aside from pills, powders, liquids and injections. The concept of transdermal drugs have been around since ancient times, when medicated plasters were applied to the skin in order to promote healing. Now they have...
In our previous post, we talked about some of the common forms of chemotherapy drugs used to treat cancer patients. Many of the chemotherapy drugs discussed are used in combination together to treat a variety of different forms of cancer. While most chemotherapy drugs...
Opioid dependence is defined as a medical diagnosis characterized by an individual’s inability to cease the use of opiates as the result of a physiological or psychological change within their body. Not the same thing as opiates, opioids are psychoactive chemicals...
Years of research have shown that addiction to any drug (illicit or prescribed) is a brain disease that can be treated effectively. Treatment must take into account the type of drug used and the needs of the individual. Successful treatment may need to incorporate...
