Intractable pain refers to a type of pain that can’t be controlled with standard medical care. Intractable essentially means difficult to treat or manage. This type of pain isn’t curable, so the focus ...

Intractable vomiting refers to vomiting that is difficult to control. It doesn’t lessen with time or traditional treatments. Intractable vomiting is often accompanied by nausea, when you constantly ...

Hiccups that don't go away after 48 hours can persist but after a month, they're called intractable. Also called intractable sigultus, the word means "gasp" or "sob" in Latin. And if your hiccups ...

SAN ANTONIO — Patients with severe chronic pain, including those with arachnoiditis, have low serum cortisol levels, a new study has shown. Before prescribing opioids to such patients, clinicians ...

That’s why if you experience intractable headaches, it’s crucial to meet with a healthcare professional—our primary care doctor, a neurologist, or a headache specialist. She’ll will likely begin by ...

ST. PAUL — One word carries a lot of weight in Minnesota health officials’ decision to expand its medical marijuana to pain patients: intractable. The state’s definition of what qualifies as ...

National Institutes of Health (NIH) scientists report that a first-in-human clinical trial of a new therapy based on the plant-derived molecule resiniferatoxin (RTX) shows that it is a safe and ...