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…
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Chronic Pain Survey Written By Chronic Pain Patients for this Septembers Pain Awareness Month
To complete this survey, please just copy to your word processor, complete the survey and then repost it. Answering the following questions is 100% up to you the pain patient. All surveys are done and turned in with no names attached. Your name or any personal contact information you put on the survey will “NEVER”…
Preventing Opioid Abuse Shouldn’t Mean Ignoring Patients’ Pain
HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW AUGUST 14, 2019 From lawsuits by several states against the manufacturers of opioids to criminal prosecutions against pharmaceutical executives, much has been made about pain medications and their misuse. In many cases, these are necessary actions to address predatory practices that have hurt patients. Unfortunately, if you just pay attention to these headlines,…
