Taking an active role in your pain care will help you need fewer doctors & pills Posted Aug 28, 2016 More than 100 million Americans are living with ongoing pain and looking for solutions. Earlier this year the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) recommended prescribers limit opioids for most people with chronic pain, mainly because…
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Relief For Pain Patients: CDC Makes Bold Clarification About Opioid Care In NEJM
Sally Satel, Contributor April 25, 2019 at 7:37 AM Patients with chronic pain who need opioid treatment as a life-line have seen some very exciting developments within the span of just two weeks. Quick backstory: Starting in 2016, many patients who were benefitting from opioids for the treatment of intractable pain were being told by…
The opioid crisis is the challenge of this generation
August 16, 2019, 10:30 AM EST _______________________________________________The views expressed by contributors are their own and not the view of The Hill. Every generation of Americans faces a defining . Our founding generation, when faced with a fundamental choice, chose independence — knowing full well the potential cost. World War II’s “Greatest Generation,” with democracy as…
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