“It is borderline genocide,” said DeLuca, 37. “You are allowing [chronic pain patients] to go home and essentially suffer until they kill themselves.” Last year, Lauren DeLuca went to the emergency room in the middle of the night, violently ill and in pain with a pancreatic attack. Despite the fact that she was passing out… Continue reading The Other Side of the Opioid Epidemic: Chronic Pain Patients
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Pain Patients Rally To Have Voices Heard
“The real message is that people in chronic pain are not drug abusers. Illicit drug use is the enemy,” said one rally participant. People suffering from chronic pain gathered earlier this week in New Hampshire, hoping to share their frustrations about prescription opioid restrictions in one of the states hardest hit by the opioid epidemic. … Continue reading Pain Patients Rally To Have Voices Heard
Frustrated Pain Patients Meet With FDA About Opioid Access
A group of pain patients met at FDA headquarters to share their personal stories in a bid to get the agency to ease opioid restrictions. The FDA called a meeting in Washington, D.C. to listen to pain patients’ experiences of lacking access to opioids to manage their symptoms. A group traveled to the FDA’s headquarters… Continue reading Frustrated Pain Patients Meet With FDA About Opioid Access
Chronic Pain Patients Feel The Effects Of Arizona Opioid Legislation
“They told me because of the new law they had to cut me back. It just hurts, I don’t want to walk, I don’t want to… pretty much don’t want to do anything,” said one pain patient. New bipartisan legislation curbing the pharmaceutical use of opioids in Arizona has been put into action. In January, Arizona… Continue reading Chronic Pain Patients Feel The Effects Of Arizona Opioid Legislation
FDA Challenges Developers To Make Better Pain Treatment Devices
For an innovation challenge, the FDA is looking for devices that provide more benefits than opioids, with fewer risks. The Food and Drug Administration wants better options available for treating pain—and it is turning to developers for help. The FDA announced this week that it is running a new innovation challenge for medical devices that… Continue reading FDA Challenges Developers To Make Better Pain Treatment Devices