All

The Daily Pot Diet

by C. Scott McMillin | Jun 8, 2026 | Addictive Substances | 0 |

...daily cannabis use may help with pain in the short term but make it worse in the long term by reducing tolerance to pain.

One for PTSD, One for Pain

by C. Scott McMillin | Jul 3, 2025 | Treatment | 0 |
A Genetic Test for SUD?

by C. Scott McMillin | Aug 1, 2024 | Addictive Substances | 1 |
Trouble, Spanish-style

by C. Scott McMillin | Feb 5, 2024 | In the News | 0 |
Rehab for Pain Patients

by C. Scott McMillin | Dec 18, 2023 | Treatment | 0 |
Exercising for Chronic Pain Relief

by C. Scott McMillin | Aug 3, 2023 | People in Recovery | 0 |

A Pain in the Neck (and lower back)

by C. Scott McMillin | Jul 27, 2023 | Addictive Substances | 0 |

…the research team said their finding “raises serious questions about the use of opioid therapy for acute low back and neck pain.” Such as, why risk it? If it isn’t effective, and for some, can make things worse.

Update on Pot & Pain

by C. Scott McMillin | Feb 20, 2023 | In the News | 0 |

Non-drug remedies do tend to require considerably more effort than simply firing up a vape pen or chewing an edible. Medications are popular precisely because they take effect so quickly and are less likely to interrupt our busy lifestyle.

Placebo, Pot, and Pain

by C. Scott McMillin | Jan 9, 2023 | Addictive Substances | 0 |

…how cannabis is covered in the media reinforces and can strengthen the user’s faith in the value of cannabis – well beyond the science, as the saying goes.

Pain Wars

by C. Scott McMillin | Jun 27, 2022 | Thinking About Addiction | 0 |

We recognize the important role that depression and anxiety play in determining the patient’s experience of pain.

Another Approach to Pain

by C. Scott McMillin | Nov 22, 2021 | Addiction Clinicians | 0 |

Somehow, experts believe, the brain of the chronic pain patient has “learned” to interpret certain stimuli as a threat, accompanied by danger messages in the form of pain.

Opioid Tapering

by C. Scott McMillin | Feb 6, 2020 | Programs, Treatment | 0 |

Of more than 9000 Veterans Administration patients, only one-quarter rated their pain control with opioids as excellent or very good.

Painkillers, from Two Sides

by C. Scott McMillin | Dec 19, 2019 | Thinking About Addiction | 0 |

Ethics never comes up. The job is to push product, and once sold, “we wash our hands of the whole thing.”

Life Without Opioids

by C. Scott McMillin | Jun 24, 2019 | Thinking About Addiction, Treatment | 0 |

We shouldn’t ignore the emotional factors involved in chronic pain– such as anxiety and depression.

Pain: Sensation or Emotion?

by C. Scott McMillin | Mar 28, 2019 | Thinking About Addiction | 0 |

…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.