Researchers pored over records of 26,400 patients who had been prescribed gabapentin for persistent low back pain between 2004 and 2024 and 26,400 patients who didn’t get a prescription.

Pain is an underdiagnosed and undertreated problem in people with dementia, especially if they are in an advanced stage of the disease that prevents them from being able to communicate effectively ...

According to a large-scale observational study published in the journal Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine, patients who received frequent gabapentin prescriptions were significantly more likely to ...

Up to 80% of dementia patients living in nursing homes also experience pain, but many struggle to communicate their symptoms. A new, $2.1 million study aims to test recently revised guidelines for ...

Yet, under federal law, it is labeled "rare" because that definition is based on prevalence —a static snapshot of how many ...

A tool that was once used to examine the intensity and frequency of pain in dementia patients following their death has been revamped to help skilled nursing facilities deliver palliative care to ...

Alongside the number of prescriptions associated with dementia and MCI risks, they found diagnoses occurred within 10 years of patients' initial pain diagnosis. When looking at age, 18 to 64 year ...

Perspectives > Second Opinions Pain Doesn't Belong on a Scale of Zero to 10 — The real answer is long, complicated, and not measurable in this one-dimensional way by Elisabeth Rosenthal, MD, KFF ...

Dementia patients who take opioids face ‘worrisome’ death risk, new study finds By Melissa Rudy, Fox News Published July 18, 2023, 11:59 p.m. ET ...

Nursing home residents with dementia appear to be less likely to receive pain medication than other residents, even though they have just as many painful health conditions, a new study suggests.

More older adults are using marijuana for sleep, anxiety and pain. A small but growing number are taking it to manage their dementia symptoms. Doctors who prescribe cannabis to dementia patients ...

DEAR CAROL: My mom is in late-stage dementia. According to the doctor she would be expected to sleep quite a bit, which she does. She's on a strong opioid pain patch but she still seems to be in ...