Category: Pain Medicine
Perspective: Why opioids cannot fix chronic pain
Emotional pain and chronic pain are related, and painkillers, ultimately, make things worse
Cluster headache: More than ‘just a headache’
Cluster headache can be so excruciating it is known as a “suicide headache” because many patients have suicidal thoughts during attacks.
Amid Opioid Crackdown, Officials Reach Out To Pain Patients
Amid an crackdown on overprescribing doctors in Appalachia, advocates have been increasingly concerned for pain patients who they may turn to street drugs.
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.