Opioids for Chronic Pain (?)
I’ve written about the spectrum of medical and scientific opinion (not, unfortunately, always the same thing) over the use of opioids for treatment of chronic pain. For those who missed the earlier...
View ArticleMore About Opioid Pain Treatment
Just a quick note– A group of researchers from Boston University School of Medicine weigh in on the issue of opioid prescribing in an online editorial available through this link. The editorial...
View ArticleMore of a Painful Topic
Thank you for your comments about my post about treating chronic pain with opioids. I was in the middle of adding a response to one of the comments this morning, when I decided to elevate my response...
View ArticleThe Debate Continues
I’ve described the ongoing debate over use of opioids for chronic pain, and shared information about a group of physicians who are attempting to reduce the damage caused by careless over-prescribing....
View ArticleInconvenient Truths
Next month I will be presenting a paper at the annual meeting of ASAM, the American Society of Addiction Medicine. The paper discusses a new method for treating chronic pain, using a combination of...
View ArticleSame Old Story
My dad used to tell a joke about a bunch of soldiers sitting around the barracks. One old guy yelled 31! – and the place broke out in laughter. After a moment or two, another guy yelled 52! – and more...
View ArticleAnother Pain Advocacy Group Goes Under
I’ve written about the Pain Relief Network in prior posts — one side of the battle between those trying to limit access to schedule II opioids (led by PROP, or Physicians for Responsible Opioid...
View ArticleCan Children Have Pain?
I hope that people recognize the tongue-in-cheek nature of the title. After working as a physician in various roles over a period of 20 years, I can state with absolute confidence that the answer to...
View ArticleEnough Pain Regulations?
I’ve described the ongoing debate over the use of opioids to treat chronic pain. To catch new readers up to speed, the country is in the midst of an epidemic of deaths due to overdose on pain...
View ArticleWhat Should Doctors Risk for their Patients?
The LA Times ran a very interesting story a few days ago about deaths from overdose of narcotic pain medications. I strongly encourage readers of this blog to read the story, which discusses the issue...
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