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Many doctors refusing care of people prescribed opioids
August 15, 2019 by Serena Gordon, Healthday Reporter (HealthDay)—Folks taking opioids for chronic pain may run into trouble if they need to find a new doctor. A new “secret shopper” survey of 194 Michigan primary care clinics found that as many as four out of 10 primary care doctors would turn away patients who have…
Some chronic pain sufferers say they are unintentional victims of the crackdown on opioids
Posted: 11:03 AM, Oct 24, 2018 Updated: 8:46 AM, Oct 25, 2018. By: Matthew McClellan INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana — As President Donald Trump gets ready to sign new opioid legislation into law, people who suffer from chronic pain worry the bill includes provisions that could hurt them. These people believe they represent the other side of the epidemic. Johnna Magers of…
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…
Senate committee focuses on pain sufferers denied painkillers amid opioid crisis
By Elizabeth Llorente | Fox News August 10, 2019 Woman battling rare ‘suicide disease’ says chronic pain condition is ‘excruciating’ In Jan. 2018, Amy Pohl was diagnosed with a rare chronic pain condition known as complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS), which is dubbed the “suicide disease.” As the national focus on the opioid crisis centers on cracking…
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