Scientists from Switzerland and United Arab Emirates made a research thus proving that taking cholecalciferol (vitamin D) is an effective analgesic therapy. Read full text »

Nearly 2 years ago we reported the first study on the association between resveratrol and endometriosis, the disease involving most frequently pelvic pain and infertility (1). The preliminary tests (2) on mice showed that the organic antioxidant poliphenol might have application in therapy of endometriosis. This devious disease seems to escape every treatment option, so the prospect was more than promising. Today we see that resveratrol has come up to our expectations. A group of Brazilian scientists conducted an interesting clinical trial (3) investigating the impact of resveratrol added to conventional oral contraceptives on pain level. In addition the researchers examined the expression of aromatase (enzyme responsible for aromatization of androgens into estrogens) and cyclo-oxygenase-2 in the endometrial tissue. Both tests provide encouraging results. Read full text »

Nowadays, lot of drugs giving pain relief are known. Analgesics are diverse in terms of mechanisms and time of action, chemical and physical properties and many other features that determine their medical use. All of them can be associated with side effects, which frequency of occurrence and severity depend on many factors. Scientists from all around the world have been working to find new painkillers that should have high potency of action and be safe for patients. Read full text »

Acupuncture is an alternative form of therapy, which consists in puncturing the body in specific locations using fine needles. Its birthplace is China where it was known in the Neolithic (ca. 10-4 millennium BC). The legend which explains the origin of the method says that acupuncture is the result of observation of Chinese warriors. They noted that the wounding of the body with an arrow may paradoxically cause relaxation or even relief of persistent pain which was earlier in this part of the body. Read full text »

One of the greatest playwrights of the ancient Greece, Euripides wrote: “We do not exist without the pain and suffering “– it is hard to disagree with these words because the pain is a part of everyone’s life. It is often a symptom of the ongoing disease process the protection against external stimuli acting, but it is also a warning against dangers such as the body exhaustion. Read full text »

Competence of pain treatment goes beyond pharmacotherapy, combines it with i.a. physiotherapy and kinesitherapy, which may precede and should be used after surgical procedures. The art of combining various fields of medicine in order for fighting pain is useful when correct clinical diagnosis is stated. Read full text »

A new exciting substance has been discovered –it may soon replace opioids in their fight against chronic pain.

Pain may be defined as a subjective, negative sensation that informs an organism about a tissue damage. It is concerned as a phenomenon thanks to which the human race has learned to live in his natural surroundings. Pain is a element of great significance in localizing and diagnosis of the disease focus, leading to more effective treatment. Nevertheless there are types of pain that have nothing to do with warning about the danger of tissue damage: neuropathic pain, oncological pain, phantom pain. Their function is questionable and they concur to the escalation of psychological and physical suffering of the patient. Read full text »