The Search for Better Pain Remedies
When the push to use more opioids for pain began, we kept hearing that there were 100 million chronic pain patients in the United States, most of whom were untreated (or undertreated).
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Author: C. Scott McMillin
Notes From the Epidemic
We should anticipate that many patients with opioid disorders will also be in treatment for some chronic medical disorder.
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“Research Says…”
It’s also possible for one study to validate a viewpoint and another study to validate a contradictory view.
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Professionals and Addiction
Money is a tool that allows some to delay the inevitable. They construct a protective bubble that minimizes the risk of getting caught and the other consequences that follow addiction.
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Opioids and Mental Health Diagnoses
This goes back to a problem in assessing pain. There’s no physical test for what is essentially a subjective experience.
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