/newsroom/taxonomy/term/5705/all en /newsroom/channels/news/discovery-reveals-blocking-inflammation-may-lead-chronic-pain-339532 <p>Using anti-inflammatory drugs and steroids to relieve pain could increase the chances of developing chronic pain, according to researchers from Æ»¹ûÒùÔº and colleagues in Italy. Their research puts into question conventional practices used to alleviate pain. Normal recovery from a painful injury involves inflammation and blocking that inflammation with drugs could lead to harder-to-treat pain.</p> Tue, 10 May 2022 17:33:06 +0000 shirley.cardenas@mcgill.ca 288132 at /newsroom /newsroom/barry-posner Tue, 26 Feb 2019 16:59:44 +0000 Anonymous 23620 at /newsroom