Category: November 2019

4 Reasons Why Your Physician is Withholding Pain Medication

Millions of people are being affected (or will be affected) by the opioid epidemic which is targeting both illicit street drugs and prescription medication. For many chronic pain patients with underlying conditions (like fibromyalgia, pancreatitis, lower back pain, RSD etc.) the words “opioid crisis” take on new meaning. For this group, it can feel like…

How This “Opioid” Crackdown is Affecting Patients

Millions of people are being affected (or will be affected) by the opioid epidemic which is targeting both illicit street drugs and prescription medication. Pain patients are being caught in the crossfire between health providers, policy-makers, and drug abusers. As a result, the pain medication that many patients have come to rely on is being…

Why Your Physician is Withholding Pain Medication

by Grace McClure2018-07-09 More than 1 in 3 people in the US have chronic or severe pain and have been prescribed prescription pain medication. For many people with chronic pain, taking prescribed pain medication is a necessity for daily living. So what happens when this pain medicine becomes limited or taken away all together? Can a…