POSTED 9:30 PM, NOVEMBER 20, 2019, BY AMANDA ST. HILAIRE. UPDATED AT 09:37PM, NOVEMBER 20, 2019 Doctors, patients: Efforts to block opioid addiction are also blocking treatment. MILWAUKEE — Just walking up to a pharmacy window is enough to send Tina Kasten’s brain into overdrive. “You freak out,” Kasten said, using words like “anxiety” and…
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What Are the Options for Treating Pain?
What Are the Options for Treating Pain?2019-09-29 14:00pm Pain is the main reason Americans access the health care system, according to the National Institutes of Health. Pharmacists, as the most accessible health care providers, should know about and recommend the most effective pain management. Opioids are often prescribers’ go-to for pain management. Originally extracted from…
DEAR PHARMACIST, IM NOT A DRUG SEEKER, I HAVE CHRONIC PAIN.
Jessica Jones The Mighty, June 26, 2019, 11:12 AM PDT I stood at the pharmacy today waiting to hear once again why my prescription was not being filled. The technician had sent the pharmacist over. “We’re sorry, but it won’t allow us to fill your prescription. This is the same prescription I had been filling…
