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                <title><![CDATA[CBD for chronic pain: The science doesn’t match the marketing]]></title>
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                <description><![CDATA[CBD, a non-psychoactive component in cannabis, is emerging as a promising pharmaceutical agent to treat pain and other conditions. Unfortunately, few studies in humans have examined its effectiveness, and the cannabis industry’s profit motive is driving a wave of dubious claims about what CBD can do.]]></description>
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                <title><![CDATA[Pain and neuromodulation: What’s all the “buzz” about?]]></title>
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                <description><![CDATA[Neuromodulation therapies use a targeted stimulus to help people manage pain. This can be in the form of an electrical stimulation device or a pump containing medication, either of which can be implanted in the body.]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2020 15:30:47 -0500</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[More opioids, more pain: Fueling the fire]]></title>
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                <description><![CDATA[One of the paradoxes of treating pain is that the longer a person takes an opioid medication, the greater possibility they will become more sensitive to pain, a condition called opioid-induced hyperalgesia.]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Mon, 08 Jul 2019 14:30:06 -0400</pubDate>
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