February 8, 2024 News by Marisa Wexler, MS Non-opioid compound has potential to ease chronic nerve pain Scientists at The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin) have developed a novel non-opioid compound, called FEM-1689, that is able to reduce pain related to nerve damage in animal models. Neuropathic pain, or pain caused by damage to nerves, is a common symptom of multiple sclerosis (MS)…
June 15, 2022 by BioNews Staff Expert Voices: Pain management for people with multiple sclerosis In this installment of our āExpert Voicesā series, Multiple Sclerosis News Today asked Dawn Ehde, PhD, to answer some of your questions about pain management for people with multiple sclerosis. Ehde is a clinical psychologist and professor of rehabilitation medicine at the University of Washington in Seattle, where…
September 16, 2021 News by Marisa Wexler, MS Class of Molecules May Offer Opioid Alternative for Treating Pain A class of molecules called positive allosteric modulators, or PAMs, may be useful in treating pain caused by nerve damage ā a common symptom of multiple sclerosis (MS) ā according to a new study that sheds light on how these molecules work. The international team of researchers behind…
January 3, 2020 News by Marisa Wexler, MS Gabapentinoid Use to Control MS Pain Can Lead to Respiratory Problems, FDA Warns Gabapentinoids ā a class of therapies sometimes used off-label to help control pain in people with multiple sclerosis (MS) ā can increase the risk of serious breathing problems, particularly for those who have risk factors like poorer lung function or use opioid pain medicines, according to a warning…
August 13, 2019 News by Marisa Wexler, MS Study Shows Range of Psychological and Physical Problems in Opioid-addicted MS Patients Opioid addiction increases the risk for a number of physical and psychological problems in people with multiple sclerosis (MS), a new study has found. The study, “Impact of opium dependency on clinical and neuropsychological indices of multiple sclerosis patients,” was published in the journalĀ Neurological Sciences. Opioids,…
April 19, 2018 Columns by Jennifer (Jenn) Powell Pain Meds Help Me Live There is no guidebook to living with a chronic, progressive, and incurable disease. Even if such a book existed, it would only be somewhat applicable, as things change on a daily basis. We are all as unique as this disease, yet have one commonality: pain. Before my multipleĀ sclerosis…
February 20, 2018 News by Patricia Silva, PhD Medical Cannabis Found to Safely Reduce Chronic Pain in Older Patients in Study Medical cannabis was found to safely and significantly reduce chronic pain in older patients withĀ multiple sclerosis (MS)Ā and a wide range of other conditions, researchers in Israel report. Led by scientists at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) and the Cannabis Clinical Research Institute at Soroka University Medical…