Word: analgesia
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...weeks in 1939, he actually played with the Glenn Miller. And before his education was done, he had also played with Jack Teagarden and Maynard Ferguson. Then for 38 years he was a dentist and anesthesiologist in Hempstead, on Long Island. He produced two books, Amnesia-Analgesia, Techniques in Dentistry, and Pain and Anxiety Control in Dentistry, neither of which is as much fun as, say, Stomping at the Savoy...
Hypnosis, biofeedback and TENS stimulation, once considered "fringe" methods of treatment, have earned respectable places in the pain clinic arsenal. Acupuncture, which tends to give only temporary analgesia, has a smaller following. According to Bonica, TENS provides significant short-term relief for 65% to 80% of patients and long-term relief for 30% to 35%. The electrical stimulating devices are widely available at costs ranging from $60 to $400. Biofeedback...
...understanding of the pain pathways improves, researchers have great hopes of discovering better methods of analgesia. The search is on for a narcotic that works on the body's opiate receptors without provoking the side effects of morphine. Meptazinol, a drug developed in Britain by Wyeth Laboratories, may be a good candidate. "I think this could be the first...