FDA Approves New Drug to Alleviate Moderate to Severe Pain

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a new drug which provides relief of moderate to severe acute pain. This is great news for us, because, advanced prostate cancer often brings pain from mets and breaking bones. This newly approved drug, tapentadol hydrochloride, is delivered as an immediate-release oral tablet. It is a [...]

Massage Therapy- Pain Relief and Mood Control

According to a recent study in the Sept. 16 "Annals of Internal Medicine"; survivors coping with advanced cancer receive some relief from pain and depression from massage therapy. The researchers found that survivors who received massage from a licensed, specially trained therapist reported greater improvements in pain and mood symptoms than did people who received [...]

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