Posted on September 1, 2019, by Tracy Cabanting What two words can strike fear, dread, and frustration into the heart of a Chronic Pain Patient faster than anything? PRIOR AUTHORIZATION I’ve become what I like to call an “Amateur Expert” at navigating PAs and most importantly, dealing those that would stand in my way of legally…
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Doctors’ reluctance to prescribe opioids hurting chronic pain sufferers.
BY: JASON PEDERSON AUGUST 23, 2019, 2 MIN READ Battling the opioid epidemic has caused some unintended casualties: chronic pain sufferers. KATV traveled to Hot Springs to visit with a man who says he and his neighbors need help. Reverend Dan Ash has lived with chronic pain since 1980 when he was in a bad…
Survey: CDC Guideline Having ‘Horrendous’ Impact on Pain Patient By
March 15, 2019 Pat Anson, PNN Editor The CDC opioid prescribing guideline has harmed pain patients, significantly reduced their access to pain care, and forced many patients to turn to alcohol and other drugs for pain relief, according to a large new survey of over 6,000 patients and healthcare providers by Pain News Network. Today…
Five things I wish I knew earlier in my journey with chronic pain
STAT FIRST OPINION By TOM BOWEN AUGUST 12, 2019 I’ve been living with chronic pain for more than a decade. It began in 2009 with nerve damage after emergency groin surgery. Four years later, I fell and hit my head. That fall led to a constant headache, a whistling sound in my ear, back and hip…
Are Prescribed Opioids the Culprits or the Scapegoats?
10th August, 2019 By Lynn Webster, M.D. This article, in a slightly edited form, first appeared on Pain News Network on August 10, 2019. The Washington Post has recently published a series of stories about the volume of opioids distributed over the past several years. Over 76 billion pills have been distributed throughout the U.S. from 2002 through 2012.…
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