Melissa Lewis, an independent journalist from Oregon, was documenting a far-right rally in Portland last August when she says a man rushed up and sprayed her with bear mace. The chemical seeped into ...

Biohaven Pharmaceutical is eyeing filing for approval early next year for its experimental pain spray after new data showed it hit its primary endpoints in a phase 3 test. The drug, the small-molecule ...

I recently bear sprayed myself in the face. There's no good way to sugarcoat it. Believe me, I've tried. But the fact remains: I was about 8 miles into a hike when I accidentally blasted myself square ...

A topical spray reduced pain by 34 percent in children undergoing intravenous procedures, such as injections and tube insertions, compared with a placebo group. The findings from this double-blind, ...

The Food and Drug Administration has approved a nasal spray aimed at fast treatment for migraines, pharmaceutical company Pfizer said Friday. Zavegepant, sold under the brand name Zavzpret, was ...

June 30, 2011 — The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved fentanyl nasal spray (Lazanda) for the management of breakthrough pain in adults with cancer. It is indicated for patients aged ...

A spray that delivers the active ingredient of cannabis under the tongue may ease chronic pain, preliminary clinical trials suggest. Of the 23 patients who participated in the controlled study, only a ...

Back pain that shoots down the leg suggests pressure on a nerve. One place that can happen is where the sciatic nerve passes through the muscles in the buttocks, so yes, this could be what we call ...