Chronic pain can lead to sexual problems. When you are in pain, the last thing you probably want to do is be intimate with your partner. But it is important to remain close to your loved one. A healthy, intimate relationship can positively affect all aspects of your life. Many people living with pain often…
Category: October 2019
U.S. urges shared decisions with pain patients taking opioids Associated Press
CARLA K. JOHNSON, Associated Press October 10, 2019 Opioids Prescribing FILE – This Aug. 29, 2018, file photo shows an arrangement of prescription oxycodone pills in New York. U.S. health officials are again warning doctors against abandoning chronic pain patients by abruptly stopping their opioid prescriptions. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services instead…
“NINE HOURS” of Medical Training in Pain. That’s all the average medical student receives. Will there be a change in the future?
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…
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…
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