Low Dose Naltrexone Emerging as Treatment for Intractable Pain (News)

Low Dose Naltrexone Emerging as Treatment for Intractable Pain

Pain News Network
10 March 2021
https://www.painnewsnetwork.org/stories/2021/3/10/low-dose-naltrexone-emerging-as-treatment-for-intractable-pain-patients

A major advance in pain management is the discovery of low-dose naltrexone (LDN), a non-opioid medication used to treat substance abuse. When prescribed off-label, LDN not only relieves pain, but has anti-inflammatory and immune boosting properties on brain and spinal cord tissues. It is now the preferred, first drug of choice for people living with constant, intractable pain.