Musculoskeletal pain conditions are age-related, leading contributors to chronic pain and
pain-related disability, which are expected to rise with the rapid global population aging …

Chronic pain causes significant suffering, limitation of daily activities and reduced quality of
life. Infection from COVID‐19 is responsible for an ongoing pandemic that causes severe …

Chronic pain, as a stress state, is one of the critical factors for determining depression, and
their coexistence tends to further aggravate the severity of both disorders. Unfortunately …

Opioid Abuse in Chronic Pain — Misconceptions and Mitigation Strategies | New England Journal
of Medicine Skip to main content The New England Journal of Medicine homepage Advanced …

Morphine and related µ-opioid receptor (MOR) agonists remain among the most effective
drugs known for acute relief of severe pain. A major problem in treating painful conditions is …

Context: Chronic pain is highly prevalent in most of the industrialized nations around the
world. Despite the documented adverse effects, opioids are widely used for pain …

Fentanyl is a powerful opioid anesthetic and analgesic, the use of which has caused an
increasing public health threat in the United States and elsewhere. Fentanyl was initially …

Chronic pain management during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is a
challenging process, especially with growing evidence that COVID-19 infection is …

Study Design. Retrospective analysis of an insurance claims database. Objective. To
examine the comorbidities, treatment patterns, health care resource utilization, and direct …

Importance Persistent pain is highly prevalent, costly, and frequently disabling in later life.
Objective To describe barriers to the management of persistent pain among older adults …