Understanding Pain
The Vagus Nerve: A Key Player in Chronic Pain Management
Get the brief lowdown on the vagus nerve (cranial nerve X) and how it can manage chronic pain.
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Trial of Capsaicin for Knee Pain
The present resultsof this study support the efficacy and safety of the intra-articular injection of trans‐capsaicin to manage moderate‐to‐severe pain associated with knee OA. The findings indicate that further clinical development is warranted.
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Chronic Pain: New Research, New Treatments
As recently as 20 years ago, people with chronic pain were too often dismissively told that their problem was "in their heads" or that they were hypochondriacs. But in the last decade, a handful of dedicated researchers learned that chronic pain is not simply a symptom of something else -- such as anxiety, depression, or a need for attention -- but a disease in its own right.
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