Over-Prescribing Did Not Cause America’s Opioid Crisis
Making healthy choices and changes today — both minor and major ones — can drastically boost both your mental and physical health.
There is a cruelty that I am seeing from people in medicine, the legal profession, and policymakers who have created the wall of deafness.
Pain News Network is now conducting a survey with the intent of finding out how the CDC guideline is affecting both providers and patients.
Stimulants in a Bottle Does energy come from a bottle? Some people claim it does. You can find energy drinks such as Bang, Red Bull, and Energy Shot everywhere food and soft drinks are sold. Since they contain large amounts of caffeine and sugar, they may be a stimulant for some people. There’s also an…
This article, in a slightly edited form, first appeared on Pain News Network on February 22, 2019. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, opioid prescribing quadrupled from 1999 to 2010. Some policymakers suggest that the amount prescribed in 1999 was appropriate and should remain static, and that any prescribing above the 1999 level exceeds the amount required to meet the needs of…
Being a caregiver for someone you love is a life experience that can be rewarding, but it comes with challenges, too.
We can probably attribute the use or misuse of opioids to the fact that these retired football players were trying to mitigate severe pain.
Government shutdowns increase the likelihood that opioids could find their way past our borders. And our ability to treat people with opioid addiction may also be compromised.
Innovations in healthcare such as Virtual Reality Neuropsychological Therapy (VRNT) and dozens of other technologies bring hope to pain patients.
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