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DEA Response to War on Pain Medicine

Admin — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 02:37:40 +0000

Feb 25, 2010
By: John Stossel
Fox Business Network

Watch the latest business video at FOXBusiness.com

In this week’s show “Hands Off My Meds” (re-airing tonight at 10pm ET, Saturday at 7pm ET, and Sunday…

Legal talent to share

Admin — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 23:04:06 +0000

Dec 25, 2009
By: Karen McCowan
The Register-Guard
An Oregon native is honored for her work to help others in pain

Most people would not use the word “gift” to describe a diagnosis of not one but…

Tanya Treadway’s Unconstitutional Vendetta

Admin — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 22:58:42 +0000

Reason Hit & Run
By: Jacob Sullum
Dec 9, 2009

This week the Institute for Justice and the Reason Foundation (which publishes Reason magazine and Reason Online) filed a friend-of-the-court brief on behalf of Siobhan Reynolds, the pain…

Treating the Pain Epidemic

Admin — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:01:16 +0000

The New York Times
Nov 5, 2009
By John Tierney

Chronic pain affects more than 70 million Americans, which makes it more widespread than heart disease, cancer and diabetes combined. It costs the economy more than $100 billion…

From a Neuroscience of Pain to a Neuroethics of Care

Admin — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:53:55 +0000

Nov 4, 2009
Author Unknown
medicalnewstoday.com

Science now offers us ever more advanced ways to understand and control pain. But with those new treatments come new questions about the use (and misuse) of state-of-the-art technology and how far…

DEA crackdown hurts nursing home residents who need pain drugs

Admin — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:14:11 +0000

Oct 29, 2009
By Carrie Johnson
Washington Post Staff Writer

Heightened efforts by the Drug Enforcement Administration to crack down on narcotics abuse are producing a troubling side effect by denying some hospice and elderly patients needed pain…

Ineffective Pain Care Costs Americans More Than $100 Billion Annually

Admin — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 22:29:50 +0000

Medical News Today
Oct 27, 2009

A new Pain Medicine Position Paper published by leaders of the American Academy of Pain Medicine (AAPM), reveals businesses lose $61 billion annually due to ineffective pain care and the lack of optimal…

Recognition on way for sufferers of chronic pain

Admin — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 20:30:46 +0000

KATE BENSON
Oct 19, 2009

AUSTRALIA could become the first country to recognise chronic pain as a disease in its own right, giving sufferers greater credibility and access to more integrated services.

Chronic pain, which affects one in five…

Chronic Pain in Primary Care

Admin — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:08:48 +0000

Oct 14, 2009
Bill H. McCarberg, MD
Question

The primary care physician is the point of service entry into our medical delivery system. This doctor is the one initially seen for almost every type of disorder. Why is…

Ultra-High Opioids: When “Too Much” is Just Right

Admin — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 17:49:29 +0000

Sep 22, 2009
by SB. Leavitt, MA, PhD
Controversy still exists about the long-term prescribing of opioids for chronic noncancer pain (CNCP) conditions, and particularly regarding the safety and effectiveness of higher opioid doses. Yet, there appears to…