How CDC Opioid Prescribing Guidelines Affect PCPs
Published by Clinical Pain Advisor Due to rapidly increasing rates of opioid dependency and overdose, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released the CDC Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain in 2016, to be used in primary care settings....Lost in Chaos: The State of Chronic Pain in 2016
Millions of Americans living with chronic pain struggle because two important public health issues— chronic pain and opioid addiction—are misunderstood and have been conflated. Until these two health conditions are properly distinguished, studied and addressed, the...How Have the CDC Opioid Guidelines Affected You?
Published by Pain News Network Next month will mark the one year anniversary of opioid guidelines released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention – guidelines that discourage primary care physicians from prescribing opioids for chronic non-cancer pain. At...An Epiphany
by Myra Christopher, PAINS Director This morning I was a guest on Central Standard, a program which airs on the local Kansas City NPR station. The program’s focus was chronic pain. Over the weekend the host’s producer called to do a “pre-interview.” One of the...Chronic Pain and the Opioid Epidemic: Wicked Issues Have No Simple Solutions
Published by Center for Practical Bioethics – Written by Myra Christopher My mom was a steel magnolia (i.e., southern and perfectly charming), but she had a steel rod up her back. After her first surgery for stomach cancer at age 53, she refused pain medication...Connect
