How To Teach Future Doctors About Pain In The Midst Of The Opioid Crisis September 11, 20195:02 AM ET Heard on Morning Edition Nell Greenfieldboyce 2010 Students in medical schools are about to become doctors in the midst of an opioid crisis. That’s why one top U.S. medical school is rethinking what to teach them…
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Patients on prescribed opioids required to undergo drug tests, pill counts
By: Jim Morelli Updated: Oct 9, 2019 – 6:59 PM BOSTON – Patients on prescribed opioids say their doctors had them sign “opioid agreements” that some say “made them feel like criminals.” The so-called opioid agreements or contracts are becoming increasingly common, even among doctors whose specialty isn’t treating pain. For patients like Caylee Cresta, it meant her…
Back Pain and Spinal Cord Stimulation
When other pain treatments have failed, spinal cord stimulation may be an option. Spinal cord stimulation is a procedure that delivers low-level electrical signals to the spinal cord or to specific nerves to block pain signals from reaching the brain. What Happens During the Spinal Cord Stimulation? During spinal cord stimulation, a device that delivers…
CHRONIC PAIN PATIENTS STRUGGLING TO OBTAIN OPIOIDS DUE TO CDC GUIDELINES
Chronic pain patients are speaking out, saying they are now not able to obtain the medication they need. Posted: Oct 9, 2019 6:46 PMPosted By: Emma Withrow EUGENE, Ore. — Chronic pain patients say they’re struggling due to guidelines regarding opioid prescriptions from the Centers for Disease Control. The CDC originally released the guidelines in 2016 but revised…
Never Let an Opioid Crisis Go to Waste
by DAVID CATRONAugust 21, 2017 When the Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis advised the President to declare a national emergency to deal with the overdose epidemic, HHS Secretary Tom Price wisely suggested that this step wouldn’t be particularly useful: “[T]he opioid crisis at this point can be addressed without the declaration…
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