Adults hospitalized for ischemic stroke who started gabapentin within 30 days of discharge often received a gabapentin prescription for at least a year, an analysis of Medicare claims showed. Among ...

LAS VEGAS — Central neuropathic pain can be challenging to treat, but several pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic options are available, according to a presenter at BRAINWeek 2022. “Central neuropathic ...

The drug lamotrigine can reduce the pain that affects some stroke patients, according to a study in the January 23 issue of Neurology, the scientific journal of the American Academy of Neurology.

Spinal cord stimulators have been used since the 1960s, and the first FDA approval for one of the devices arrived in 1989—all with a focus on treating various forms of chronic pain. In more recent ...

More than half of patients report having pain several months after stroke, and this group has a significantly elevated risk of death at 1 year. Investigators conducted a registry-based cohort study of ...

In rheumatoid arthritis (RA), the immune system attacks the joints and leaves them sore, swollen, and stiff. But RA is more than a joint disease. It also affects other parts of your body, including ...

When Cheryl Hamrick woke up in the middle of the night, she didn’t know what time it was. It was the awful pain radiating from the right side of the back of her head that was at the forefront of her ...

Men and women may be equal, but our bodies don’t always react to danger the same way. Strokes especially don’t play fair.