by Sue Robbins | Apr 1, 2015 | Headache Drugs
Nicholas Bakalar, writer for the New York Times wrote an article on a review published online in BMJ medical journal regarding concerns about Tylenol. Here is his article… Acetaminophen (Tylenol) is widely recommended for the relief of back pain and the pain of...
by Sue Robbins | Jul 31, 2013 | Headache Drugs
Past research has shown that rare mutations in a gene called SCN9A give some people complete immunity to pain. A handful of pharmaceutical companies are now working to develop drugs to imitate that genetic mutation. Rather than muting pain by reducing inflammation,...
by Dr Robbins | Mar 4, 2013 | Headache Drugs
Dr. Siri Leknes, Research Fellow at the Department of Psychology at the University of Oslo set out to understand the “it could have been worse phenomenon” regarding pain. She wondered if the experience of pain was affected by a feeling of relief when a...
by Dr Robbins | Jan 6, 2012 | Headache Drugs
A study published in the December Journal of Pain suggests pain patients who listen to music experience more relief than non-listeners. The biggest effect was on the participants who were initially the most anxious. Study subjects tolerated the pain of shock...