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(https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/02/250221125805.htm) The brain perceives unexpected pain more strongly
Feb 21st 2025, 12:58

Researchers used visual threat manipulation in the virtual reality environment and thermal stimulation to investigate how the brain perceives pain. They found that the brain perceives pain more strongly when the perceived pain is out of alignment with reality. In particular, pain was amplified when unexpected events occurred.

(https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/02/250221125541.htm) Co-prescribed stimulants, opioids linked to higher opioid doses
Feb 21st 2025, 12:55

The combination of prescribed central nervous system stimulants, such as drugs that relieve ADHD symptoms, with prescribed opioid medications is associated with a pattern of escalating opioid intake, a new study has found.

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