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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Suzetrigine prevents pain signals from reaching the brain and doesn't give an opioid-like high, making it non-addictive—but it's expensive. reading time 2 minutes To treat acute pain, doctors in the U ...

Tylenol and NSAIDs both help with pain perception and fever, but the medications do have one key difference. Distinctly, Tylenol doesn’t have anti-inflammatory properties, meaning it won’t help with ...