Intractable pain refers to a type of pain that can’t be controlled with standard medical care. Intractable essentially means difficult to treat or manage. This type of pain isn’t curable, so the focus ...

Intractable vomiting refers to vomiting that is difficult to control. It doesn’t lessen with time or traditional treatments. Intractable vomiting is often accompanied by nausea, when you constantly ...

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — One word carries a lot of weight in Minnesota health officials' decision to expand its medical marijuana to pain patients: intractable. The state's definition of what qualifies ...

ST. PAUL — One word carries a lot of weight in Minnesota health officials’ decision to expand its medical marijuana to pain patients: intractable. The state’s definition of what qualifies as ...