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,…
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Chronic pain sufferers call themselves “collateral damage” in the opioid crisis
Here is a really great article which looks at us the “collateral damage.” I don’t see why everyone in the media and many others are labeling anyone and everyone who takes an opioid for pain as an “addict.” Many procedures done today the patient is given a few days of pain medication. Such as wisdom…
Woman gets first battery-less implant to control pain
Who’s heard of this device? Anyone have any information on it other then what’s in this article? Been looking through the web and everything is pending this, pending that. Anything you might know about the “Peripheral Nerve Stimulator” would be appreciated. Pauline Chan, Health ReporterPublished Tuesday, November 5, 2019 3:32PM EST Last Updated Tuesday, November 5, 2019…
America Is Losing the War on Chronic Pain Written by Anna Wahrman with additional reporting by Whitney Akers on November 9, 2017 In the face of an escalating opioid crisis, at least 100 million people with chronic pain aren’t getting the relief they need and are seeking alternatives. More than 30 percent of Americans are living with…
