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Practical Advice on Prescription Painkillers
Prescription Painkillers are utterly necessary to the practice of medicine. But are they “safer” than street drugs? When taken only as directed, appropriately prescribed by a doctor well-informed...
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Methadone for Chronic Pain?
Most people think of methadone in terms of a substitute for heroin in maintenance therapy, but it has also had an important role in the treatment of chronic pain. And unfortunately that’s led to some...
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New Approaches for Chronic Pain
For anyone who hasn’t already seen it, this article in the NY Times, “A Soldier’s War on Pain,” is worth a careful read. It’s generally accepted that our current prescription drug epidemic– the one the...
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Pain Conundrum
You may have seen the recent NY Times piece describing an extraordinary increase in mortality rates among middle-aged white men– well beyond the increases seen in other populations. Nobody expected...
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In the News: Prince’s Pain
It appears that the media is certain enough about the cause of Prince’s recent death that we’re already getting blowback from pain advocates. They’re arguing that it was really chronic pain that was at...
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Practical Advice on Prescription Painkillers
Prescription Painkillers are utterly necessary to the practice of medicine. But are they “safer” than street drugs? When taken only as directed, appropriately prescribed by a doctor well-informed...
View ArticleVideo: Practical Advice on Prescription Painkiller Problems
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Methadone for Chronic Pain?
Most people think of methadone in terms of a substitute for heroin in maintenance therapy, but it has also had an important role in the treatment of chronic pain. And unfortunately that’s led to some...
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New Approaches for Chronic Pain
For anyone who hasn’t already seen it, this article in the NY Times, “A Soldier’s War on Pain,” is worth a careful read. It’s generally accepted that our current prescription drug epidemic– the one the...
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Pain Conundrum
You may have seen the recent NY Times piece describing an extraordinary increase in mortality rates among middle-aged white men– well beyond the increases seen in other populations. Nobody expected...
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In the News: Prince’s Pain
It appears that the media is certain enough about the cause of Prince’s recent death that we’re already getting blowback from pain advocates. They’re arguing that it was really chronic pain that was at...
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Pharmacology to the Rescue?
I was encouraged to see that NIH and NIDA were committing to an intensified effort to address the opioid epidemic. The Washington Post offers a summary here. There’s more than one target. “The goal is...
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Pain Treatment for Those Battling Opioid Dependence
Here’s an interesting piece from Mayo Clinic on an intensive therapy program for chronic pain patients, including those for whom opioids are no longer a viable solution. Perhaps they once were, but...
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Two Perspectives on Pain
These two articles examine the problem of pain from two very different viewpoints — one scientific, the other very personal. First comes a report on the search for a safe, less addictive painkiller....
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In the News: Opioids versus Other Options
Finally, proof: opioids are no better than other medications for some chronic pain The linked article at the Vox website covers a major study concerning the effectiveness of opioid medications in the...
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The Pain Patient Population
About that oft-quoted estimate of one hundred million Americans with chronic pain– where did that number come from? It translates to more than one in three adults. Does that sound high to you? It sure...
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The Study of Pain
Here’s a fascinating article on the role of current neuroscience research in understanding pain– of special interest to the addictions field since it was the treatment of pain with opioids that helped...
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Pain Psychology
I wanted to call attention to this piece on the development of psychological approaches to chronic pain. More attention is being paid to such alternatives, partly due to greater awareness of the...
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Why No Opioid Taper?
The Politico website (of all places) recently published a long and informative discussion about the unintended consequences of various measures to restrict access to prescription opioids. It was...
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