The Pain Relief Network » Medical http://painreliefnetwork.org Wed, 04 May 2011 23:18:05 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 DEA Response to War on Pain Medicine http://painreliefnetwork.org/john-stossel-2-25-10.php/ http://painreliefnetwork.org/john-stossel-2-25-10.php/#comments Sat, 27 Feb 2010 02:37:40 +0000 Admin http://painreliefnetwork.org/?p=2336 Feb 25, 2010
By: John Stossel
Fox Business Network



In this week’s show “Hands Off My Meds” (re-airing tonight at 10pm ET, Saturday at 7pm ET, and Sunday at 11pm ET), I ask: Why does…

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By: Lorna Benson
Minnesota Public Radio


Minneapolis, Minn. — Each year more than 38,000 U.S. children die from a terminal condition. Most of them suffer unnecessarily, Stefan Friedrichsdorf says.


“We have data showing from children dying…

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Author Unknown
Huliq.com

Whether they're fighting postoperative soreness or relieving chronic discomfort from conditions such as cancer, morphine and other opioids are powerful weapons against pain. Now, in research published online in Nature Neuroscience, Brown University

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Abstract


Our current conception of addiction is a historical anomaly, one that has arisen independent of laboratory or epidemiological data about drug use. This concept has never reflected actual patterns of heroin use,…

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Author Unknown
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Since Removed From the American Pain Society Website


Conclusions

Important Note


Throughout this report ‘chronic pain sufferers’ are individuals with moderate to severe chronic pain.


Size of…

]]> http://painreliefnetwork.org/the-magnitude-of-the-problem-roadblocks-to-relief-study.php/feed/ 0 Preemptive Analgesia Ethics, & an Underlying Principle http://painreliefnetwork.org/how-expert-testimony-distorts-the-standard-preemptive-analgesia-ethics-an-underlying-principle.php/ http://painreliefnetwork.org/how-expert-testimony-distorts-the-standard-preemptive-analgesia-ethics-an-underlying-principle.php/#comments Thu, 01 Sep 2005 17:38:20 +0000 Admin http://www.painreliefnetwork.org/newsite/prn/how-expert-testimony-distorts-the-standard-preemptive-analgesia-ethics-an-underlying-principle.php Frank Fisher, M.D.;
Practical Pain Management.,
5(6), 33-41; 2005; (Sept.-Oct. issue


This article examines a disturbing pattern of conflict existing between expert testimony offered against pain-treating physicians during regulatory assaults, and scientific evidence and medical principles upon which…

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By: Arline Kaplan
PsychiatricTimes.com


Alarmed by escalating abuse of prescription drugs during the past five years, the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) is intensifying its research in two areas–understanding mechanisms that underlie the…

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Author Unknown
American Pain Society


Chronic pain as defined by this study is a severe and ever present problem. It can be as much of a problem to middle age adults as seniors and is one

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By: Frank B. Fisher, MD
Painreliefnetwork.org


ABSTRACT


Diagnosis of opioid addiction in chronic pain sufferers is often triggered by occurrence of what have been called aberrant drug-related behaviors. Ambiguities inherent in this approach affect patient…

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Author Unknown
Painreliefnetwork.org


Aberrant Drug Related Behavior lists are used by doctors in pain management to observe “addictive tendencies” in patients and ultimately – to judge whether a patient is a “real” patient or an…

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