Painkillers, from Two Sides
Ethics never comes up. The job is to push product, and once sold, "we wash our hands of the whole thing."
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The Study of Pain
The goal is to eventually develop an objective scale by which pain can be measured not by self-report, but by neuroimaging.
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The Pain Patient Population
Based on the vast number of prescriptions for opioid medications written by US practitioners over the past few decades, we’ve become the clear leaders in opioid prescribing.
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In the News: Opioids versus Other Options
Is that pain evidence of a worsening physical condition or of drug withdrawal?
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Two Perspectives on Pain
We may be stuck relying on the soft stuff– therapy, support, behavior change, even spiritual growth– all those icky-squicky things that neuroscientists struggle to quantify.
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Pain Treatment for Those Battling Opioid Dependence
If a life in balance is the ideal, then a broader approach has a better shot at sustainability.
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Pharmacology to the Rescue?
As the old chief says in the movie Little Big Man: “Sometimes the magic works, sometimes it doesn’t.”
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Opioids for Pain Relief? It Depends…
The pharmaceutical industry, in spite of their immense resources, may not be the best candidate to come up with a solution.
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In the News: Prince’s Pain
It may turn out that chronic pain, like addiction, is one of those conditions that responds best to an approach that’s both individualized and ongoing, and requires considerable commitment on the patient’s part.
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Pain Conundrum
It takes thirty seconds to write a prescription… that fits very well into a scheduled 15 minute office visit.
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New Approaches for Chronic Pain
Mood and motivation are, of course, a big part of the discomfort associated with having chronic pain.
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Methadone for Chronic Pain?
Diversion to abuse has been significant. Currently methadone represents only some two percent of all opioid prescriptions, but it’s been implicated in an astounding one-third of all opioid fatalities.
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Video: Practical Advice on Prescription Painkiller Problems
People have abused opiates for 5,000 years. As much as medicine depends on them, they’ve always created problems for a percentage of users.
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