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For some patients dealing with chronic pain, doctors at the UW Health Pain Clinic have a life changing option: a pain pump. The pain pump is a small device implanted in under the skin near the abdomen ...

Boothwyn, PA., Jan. 08, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Pentec Health, Inc. (Pentec) today announced the acquisition of Hartley Medical Center Pharmacy, LLC (Hartley Medical), a nationally recognized ...

Hartford Healthcare's Cancer Institute at St. Vincent Medical Center is among the few medical centers to offer pain pump – a device that is surgically implanted under the skin to release pain ...

A significant obstacle to treating brain cancer is not the cancer, but the brain itself. The blood-brain barrier is an important aspect of the brain’s blood vessels that prevents poisons, viruses, and ...

The FDA approved Medasys’ Prometra programmable implantable drug pump for the intraspinal delivery of INFUMORPH, a preservative-free morphine sulfate sterile solution, for the management of pain, ...

(Reuters) - Medtronic Plc has agreed to stop manufacturing and distributing its SynchroMed implantable drug pump, U.S. regulators said on Monday, a step toward resolving allegations that the company ...

Chronic pain conditions, characterized by persistent or recurrent pain in specific parts of the body, can be highly debilitating and often significantly reduce the quality of life of the individuals ...

CMS has postponed implementing a rule change that would stop reimbursing pharmacies for medications used in implanted pumps for chronic pain patients, according to a report by the Meridian Star. CMS ...