Oxycodone is an oral pain medication available only by prescription from a doctor. Due to high abuse potential, as well as addictive properties, oxycodone is highly regulated by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Oxycodone is available in...
If you were told you could dramatically decrease your pain without pills, injections or surgeries, you would probably jump on the opportunity. Suffering from pain can make you miss out on many important activities in life. Pharmaceutical pain...
Wobenzym is a powerful drug-free supplement that contains the same natural digestive enzymes that the body uses to break down proteins from food, as well as the fruit enzymes bromelain and papain and the antioxidant rutin. It is used worldwide by...
Pain signals that something is wrong in your body, whether it be an injury or illness. Regardless of where pain originates, the pain message is processed in the brain. Nerve endings at the site of the injury or illness transmit the pain messages...
In order to control your chronic sore throat pain, you'll have to identify and eliminate its cause. If you're a smoker, it's very likely that smoke inhalation is triggering your continual discomfort. Talk to your doctor about quitting smoking....
Colorectal cancer is a common malignancy throughout the world in both men and women. It is third-leading cause of cancer related deaths in both genders, according to the American Cancer Society. It is most often diagnosed in the sixth decade of...
Massage therapy is one of the most common methods for relaxation and rejuvenation. Massage techniques date back some 5,000 years with the first mention of massage for self-healing purposes in a Chinese medical textbook. Therapeutic massage...
Being in pain can make you want to curl up into an immobile ball, not get up and actually move. Moving around with yoga, however, can be just what you need to lessen the pain. Yoga works on several levels, and for several reasons, to soothe...
Back pain affects millions of people and is one of the top physical conditions causing people to seek treatment, according to the University of Maryland Medical Center. Back pain is often chronic and unresponsive to various methods of pain...
Chronic headaches and chronic neck pain are among the more common chronic pain conditions. Both can be caused by a number of medical conditions; however, when head and neck pain occur together, the possible cause can be narrowed down. Once a cause...
In 1988, the U.S. Department of Labor created the Drug Free Workplace Act which called for many government agencies and contractors to provide mandatory drug tests for all employees. Since then, many companies have also put mandatory drug testing...
Epidural anesthesia, also referred to as epidural analgesia or epidural block, is widely used in a variety of clinical settings. It may be used for any procedure beneath the nipple line during inpatient and outpatient surgery, during diagnostic...
Many people experience periodic pelvic pain for one reason or another. Women commonly experience pelvic pain monthly due to their menstrual cycles, with no other underlying issues. However, chronic pelvic pain is defined as experiencing pain in...
Arthritis is a condition that attacks the joints in the body. Over time, the joints can become deteriorated, and they can develop chronic pain, swelling, inflammation and redness. According to the Centers for Disease Control, "arthritis is the...
Elavil is a medication in a class of drugs known as tricyclic antidepressants. It is used for the treatment of mental depression. According to PDRHealth, some doctors also prescribe Elavil to treat bulimia, to control chronic pain, to prevent...
Perhaps you don't think that you are the type of person who does yoga. But if you have been suffering from back pain, you might reconsider. Pain relief is just one of the benefits of practicing yoga. You might also experience an improvement in...
Tramadol is the generic form of the drugs Ultram and Ultram ER. According to Drugs.com, an online drug resource, tramadol is classified as a miscellaneous analgesic. Tramadol provides pain relief like a narcotic but is not a controlled medication....
People respond differently to pain management, so a drug that works for some may not work for others. The most commonly prescribed drugs for the pain management of chronic gout are over-the-counter pain relievers containing acetaminophen. Those...
Home remedies are appropriate to use for inflammation and leg pain relief in conditions as varied as leg strains, traumatic injury and arthritis. Doctors encourage self-care as an effective way to control chronic pain in degenerative conditions...
If you perform repetitive tasks or suffer with chronic arthritis pain, the muscles and tendons that control your hand movements can become stiff and sore. Exercise performed immediately upon awakening can help protect your joints, warm your...
Swimmer's ear, a condition familiar to many swimmers, occurs when contaminated water is trapped in the outer ear and ear canal and becomes infected. Known as otitis externa or acute external otitis, swimmer's ear may be acute or a chronic...
The best way to manage chronic gout is to find ways to alleviate symptoms and to make the day-to-day living with the disease as manageable as possible. Simple home remedies such as ice packs applied on swollen joints or taking anti-inflammatories...
OxyContin, a brand name for the powerful painkiller oxycodone, has occasionally been in the news for all the wrong reasons. It's prescribed to relieve pain for cancer patients and people who suffer from debilitating pain caused by disease or...
Chronic pancreatits refers to long-term irreversible damage to the pancreas. The organ that lies behind the stomach belongs to two body systems--the digestive and endocrine system. As an integral part of both systems, when damaged, the pancreas...
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune disorder in which the body's immune system fails to properly recognize its own tissues and tries to destroy them. MS is believed to target its attacks on myelin (the sheath that wraps around filaments...
Massage therapy is an alternative or complementary therapy with physical and mental benefits. It is a popular avenue for those seeking pain and stress relief. A 2007 Natural Health Interviews study reported an estimated 18 million adults and...
Eczema, or dermatitis, affects patients chronically, with flare-ups of itchy, sensitive skin, and as a temporary result of contact with allergens. The symptoms include a rash of dry, red skin that becomes worse in the presence of certain triggers,...
Chronic pain affects every aspect of your body and life---you feel physically unable to do many of the things you want to do, and you just don't have the energy or motivation to complete them either. Because chronic pain affects so much of your...
Massage therapy, as defined by the American Massage Therapy Association (AMTA), is a profession in which the practitioner applies manual techniques with the intention of positively affecting the health and well-being of the client. Manual...
Esophageal cancer, most common in older adults, is a cancer of the esophagus that causes a variety of symptoms. In this video learn about the symptoms and treatments of this cancer.