CDC – OPIOID GUIDELINES SHOULD NOT BE USED TO TAPER PATIENTS April 24, 2019 By Pat Anson, PNN Editor The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has taken its first concrete step to address the widespread misuse and misapplication of its opioid prescribing guideline. In a commentary published in The New England Journal of Medicine,…
Which Doctors Treat Pain?
When you have pain that sticks with you longer than you thought it would — like back pain or an old injury that flares up — you may want to add a new expert to your medical team. Just like there are many kinds of pain, there are different types of specialists who treat it.…
Another Top Article Pulled from “Analyzing The Opioid Crisis: 65 Articles By Dr. Josh Bloom”
An Opioid Study So Bad That It Disproves Itself? (G) https://www.acsh.org/news/2019/01/23/opioid-study-so-bad-it-disproves-itself-13753
Living with a Beast
July 13, 2018 By Cathy Kean, Guest Columnist I am living with a beast who is cold, heartless, unmerciful, uncaring and cruel. Always lurking around me, making my life so challenging, so exhausting, and so painful. Not only physically, but mentally, spiritually and emotionally. This beast has taken so much from me, I hardly remember…
For a view of the opioid crisis from various sources follow the link below. Link to original article: https://documentcloud.adobe.com/link/track?uri=urn%3Aaaid%3Ascds%3AUS%3A7303bc68-dea5-4c73-b16b-39b3c1920c36 Tags: Health Trends, Drug Mis-Use, Physician, Perspectives, Insight, Diagnostic, Quest Diagnostics
U.S. Pain Foundation Conducting Survey on Chronic Pain
Posted on September 19, 2019 by Ed Coghlan September is Pain Awareness Month and the country’s largest patient advocacy organization for the pain community wants to hear what you think about pain. Health Union, LLC is partnering with the U.S. Pain Foundation to conduct the Chronic Pain in America 2019 survey to get a better understanding…
