Nearly half of all soldiers returning from Afghanistan and Iraq have chronic pain. This is in contrast to the civilian rate of about 26%. The prevalence of chronic pain in returning soldiers and veterans is unprecedented and probably related to the types of injuries and improved survival rates from successful medical interventions in the field. …
Read MoreMaria C. Foy, PharmD, remembers the patient who first piqued her research interest in methadone policy—a pregnant, recovering heroine addict on methadone therapy who presented to Abington Memorial Hospital in Abington, Pa. “The incident made us aware that there was a real lack of understanding and knowledge on the use of methadone and the differences…
Read MoreBy Barby Ingle, President Power of Pain Foundation Imagine going from living an active life, where dance was a central part of your life, to living in pain that limits your every move. It happened to me. As head of Washington State University’s cheer and dance programs, physical fitness was a central and wonderful part…
Read MoreThe movie “Cake” starring Jennifer Aniston will be released Jan. 23rd. I will definitely be in the audience when it opens, and I urge everyone else to see it. Aniston stars as Claire, a woman who suffers from chronic pain. She becomes obsessed with the suicide death of one of the members of her support…
Read MoreImages of happy reunions, embraces with family members and young parents seeing their infant sons and daughters for the first time have followed the more than 10,000 veterans settling in to civilian life having returned from service in Afghanistan. These images however belie the fact that many combat veterans will return to civilian life plagued…
Read MoreHealthcare providers in the U.S. are poorly prepared to manage chronic pain, according to the National Institutes for Health. No argument here. Time Magazine’s Alexandra Sifferlin does an excellent job covering the January NIH report on this deepening crisis. But she ignores a crucial factor: how to pay for the interdisciplinary care that the NIH…
Read MoreThe movie “Cake” starring Jennifer Aniston will be released Jan. 23rd. I will definitely be in the audience when it opens, and I urge everyone else to see it. Aniston stars as Claire, a woman who suffers from chronic pain. She becomes obsessed with the suicide death of one of the members of her support…
Read More“For those suffering chronic pain, the hardest part is convincing others.” These words reinforce what nearly one-third of Americans already know, and introduce an NPR feature on chronic pain. After reporting the all too familiar statistics, (about 116 million people suffer from chronic pain with a cost of $635 billion in medical expenses and lost…
Read MoreTwenty U.S. Senators joined forces to pen a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell on the national strategy to prevent opioid abuse. Among their grievances with the plan in development, the senators urged Secretary Burwell to integrate naloxone into the treatment process for overdoses. Naloxone works by temporarily halting the symptoms…
Read MoreFormer NFL players suffering from chronic pain will not get their day in court after a decision handed down from a federal judge today. The lawsuit alleged that the NFL illegally administered painkillers to players in an effort to mask injuries and keep them on the field. In his opinion, Judge William Alsup wrote that the matter…
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