Some medical professionals are finally starting to understand that cutting pain patients off opioids abruptly causes more harm than good.
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Pain Patients Push Back On Unfair Opioid Restrictions
Pain patients hope to bring attention to the issue during Don’t Punish Pain rallies held around the nation this week.
Woman Testifies About Chronic Pain, Opioids From Cot
“We must invest in the discovery of new, effective, and safer options for people living with pain,” Cindy Steinberg said in prepared remarks.
Parents Should Ask Questions About Opioids For Kids, Teens
Doctors warn that while being mindful of addictive properties of opioids is important, it’s also critical that pain be controlled for young patients.
"Don’t Punish Pain" Rallies Held Across The Nation
Pain patients gathered around the US to bring attention to the damage caused by restrictive opioid prescribing guidelines.
How The CDC's Opioid Prescribing Guideline Hurts Chronic Pain Patients
“Conflating the misuse of opioids with their legitimate medical use, and treating all opioids alike is stigmatizing patients for whom opioid painkillers are necessary and medically appropriate,” writes one expert. The heavy-handed misapplication of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s opioid-prescribing guideline is hurting legitimate pain patients, according to a STAT News opinion piece… Continue reading How The CDC's Opioid Prescribing Guideline Hurts Chronic Pain Patients
New Opioid Laws Seek To Curb Overprescribing
Though there is no hard evidence of the effectiveness of the laws yet, some professionals see the numbers as heading in the right direction. As the opioid epidemic has continued to claim lives, more than two dozen states have put laws in place in the hope of limiting the damage. Of those two dozen, the… Continue reading New Opioid Laws Seek To Curb Overprescribing
Inside Racial Disparities In Opioid Prescribing, Drug Testing
Black patients who tested positive for marijuana were twice as likely to have their pain pills discontinued than their white counterparts. Black patients who are prescribed opioids for chronic pain are more likely to be tested for illicit drug use than their white counterparts. Black patients are also more likely to have their pain medication… Continue reading Inside Racial Disparities In Opioid Prescribing, Drug Testing
New York Moves To Replace Opioids With Medical Marijuana
Opioid use disorder has been added to the list of qualifying conditions that medical cannabis can be used to treat in the state. Officials in New York have changed medical marijuana policy in order to make it easier for patients to access medical cannabis in lieu of opioids, and have added opioid use disorder to… Continue reading New York Moves To Replace Opioids With Medical Marijuana
Pain Patients Turn To Controversial Injection After Cuts To Opioid Coverage
The anti-inflammatory drug has been banned in Australia, Brazil, Canada, France, Italy, New Zealand and Switzerland. Back problems are the most common cause of chronic pain, and at the time when Medicare is cutting coverage for many opioid pain relievers, lawmakers are increasing Medicare coverage for a potentially dangerous off-label treatment for back pain. Depo-Medrol… Continue reading Pain Patients Turn To Controversial Injection After Cuts To Opioid Coverage