Category: Pain Medicine
Why do some people hurt more than others?
People differ not only in their ability to detect, tolerate and respond to pain but also in how they report it and how they respond to various treatments.
Doling Out Pain Pills Post-Surgery: An Ingrown Toenail Not The Same As A Bypass
What’s the right painkiller prescription to send home with a patient after gallbladder surgery or a cesarean section?
A way around opioids: Target the type of pain for better pain relief
An essential part of treating pain is to first identify what type of pain a person is having and then use a targeted treatment.
How America got hooked on a deadly drug
From 1996 to 2002, Purdue pursued nearly every avenue in the drug supply and prescription sales chain — a strategy now cast as reckless and illegal in more than 1,500 federal civil lawsuits from communities in Florida to Wisconsin to California that allege the drug has fueled a national epidemic of addiction.