Chronic pain is the most complex and difficult feeling to describe. It is my constant feeling. It is the same as asking someone to describe how breathing and blinking feels. It is less of a feeling, it is more of a state of existing. Every time I go to the doctor or emergency room, they…
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Why the National Pain Strategy Won’t Help California Pain Patients
Posted on September 4, 2019by Peggy Hillman Editor’s Note: I met Peggy through the National Pain Report Facebook page. I thought she was overstating her opposition to attempts to create a California pain policy. We spoke on the phone and I said, “if you feel that strongly about it, write a counterpoint. The California woman did.…
Chronic Pain Patients Are Collateral Damage of the Opioid Crisis
August 24, 2019 By Diana Franklin, Guest Columnist I have been watching the news a lot lately. It seems like much of the coverage is devoted to the opioid crisis, and rightfully so. But I feel it’s a little one-sided. I fully understand the issue with illegal drugs, doctors overprescribing, pharmaceutical companies flooding markets with…
Opioid Dependency and the Intolerability of Pain
The most vexing of all questions in the debate over long-term opioid management for pain is subtle, difficult to articulate, and rarely considered. It lies at the heart of whether and how we maintain patients with severe pain on long-term opioids or whether we help them learn to self-manage it instead. This most vexing of…
Can California Change What’s Happening in Chronic Pain Treatment?
Posted on August 3, 2019 by Ed Coghlan When it comes to how government will define and execute its role in the treatment of chronic pain, the emphasis has been on the federal government: the CDC Guideline, the DEA enforcement and the HHS Pain Task Force Recommendations. But in truth, there are 51 pain policies—what…
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