Exercising for Chronic Pain Relief
We've known for several decades that regular exercise, even the mild sort, helps lessen symptoms of depression. It comes as no surprise that it may also help with CPS and the mood problems that accompany it.
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Opioid Tapering
Of more than 9000 Veterans Administration patients, only one-quarter rated their pain control with opioids as excellent or very good.
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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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Life Without Opioids
We shouldn’t ignore the emotional factors involved in chronic pain– such as anxiety and depression.
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Pain: Sensation or Emotion?
…optimally, the goal isn’t just to get different specialists to work together, it’s to educate all practitioners to address the patient with awareness of both perspectives.
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The Pain Patients’ Dilemma
In the past, we’ve flung opioids at the problem, and haven’t developed alternatives.
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Why No Opioid Taper?
Not everybody wants to remain dependent on pain medication. But at present, we offer few if any alternatives to doing it on your own.
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Pain Psychology
Perhaps more important, the patient could begin to resume a normal life.
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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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