Posts Tagged ‘National Pain Strategy’
September Is Pain Awareness Month: How YOU Can Help Now
According to the American Chronic Pain Association’s web site, “The month of September has been declared Pain Awareness Month. Pain Awareness Month is a time when various organizations work to raise public awareness of issues in the area of pain and pain management.” September Is Pain Awareness Month The American Chronic Pain Association (ACPA) doesn’t…
Read MoreWhy You Need to Sign the White House Petition for National Pain Strategy
I’m pleased to say that I’ve signed the White House Petition that was recently launched by the National Fibromyalgia & Chronic Pain Association (NFMCPA) with Consumer Pain Advocacy Task Force (CPATF). The petition asks the White House to implement and fund the National Pain Strategy (NPS) toward a better future for people with debilitating, life-altering…
Read MoreWhy AMA President Dr. Steven J. Stack Doesn’t Go Far Enough in Plan to End Opioid Crisis
In a recent well-conceived and reasonable Huffington Post blog, Dr. Steven J. Stack presents his seven ways that American physicians can reverse the opioid crisis. However, the blog’s opening line — “The medical profession must play a lead role in reversing the opioid epidemic that, far too often, has started from a prescription pad” — is…
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