By Pat Anson What makes someone “misuse” a medication? Does it mean they’re addicted? Are they trying to get high? Do they ...

By Crystal Lindell When I first developed intercostal neuralgia in 2013, I was so undermedicated and in so much pain that ...

By Pat Anson The high cost of healthcare is a big problem for many Americans. A KFF survey recently found that about one in ...

By Crystal Lindell Just as federal, state and local governments look to ban various forms of kratom, researchers at ...

By Renuka Rayasam and Sam Whitehead, KFF Health News Bill McAdams, a 45-year-old travel nurse from Holiday, Florida, was ...

By Pat Anson Just days before the midterm elections, the Trump Administration is taking full credit for a recent decline in ...

By Crystal Lindell Bowen Wan was a 31-year-old immigrant from China who had made a new life for herself in the United States.

Just as federal, state and local governments look to ban various forms of kratom, researchers at Washington State University are getting $7.5 million to study how it impacts chronic pain. The grant is ...

Jessica Layman estimates she has called more than 150 doctors in the past few years in her search for someone to prescribe opioids for her chronic pain. “A lot of them are straight-up insulting,” said ...

There’s a lot of advice out there on how to get a doctor to take you seriously. Most of it is wrong. Lucky for you, I’ve been in pain for a decade! Through trial and lots of errors, I’ve learned a few ...

Prescription opioid use in the United States is expected to decline for the ninth consecutive year in 2020, with per capita consumption of opioid medication falling to its lowest level in two decades, ...

People with chronic disabling pain frequently complain that doctors discharge them from their practice because of the medications they take. Sometimes doctors refuse to accept patients who are taking ...