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FDA REMS proposal could affect medication that chronic pain patients receive

I just read this article, [URL=http://updates.pain-topics.org/2009/12/rems-when-elephants-prance-ants-take.html] When Elephants Prance, Ants Take A Pounding.     The article discusses the outcome of a meeting held in December between the FDA who is proposing REMS(Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy) for extended-release or... Read moreChevron
posted 01/18/2010, comment (1)|
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Narcotics and Fibromyalgia Pain Relief

I am very very happy to see that FINALLY someone did a survey that seems to have included the real or rather more severe FM patients.  For so long I have heard the myth that says "narcotics won't work for fibro pain".  Not true and could not be further from the truth.  The survey results I found on this site is probably... Read moreChevron
posted 09/29/2009, comments (11)|
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Prescribing Narcotics: A Doctor's Point of View

It has been about ten years since the United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) launched what some feel is a targeted war on drugs, the battleground being your Doctor's office. The DEA feels there has continued to be a diversion of prescription narcotics for use on "the street." I am not sure this is what they had in mind for Main... Read moreChevron
posted 10/27/2008, comments (84)|
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"Passing" Those Drug Screenings

Although I write mostly about Migraine disease and headaches, I have a great deal in common with many readers here on ChronicPainConnection. As many of you, I have had periods in my life when I needed "narcotics" to function. Shoot, even with my Migraines and headaches well controlled, there are still times when I take opioids to relieve pain and... Read moreChevron
posted 09/14/2008, comments (6)|
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Sickle Cell Disease: Severe Pain Often Goes Untreated

Recently, we have discussed articles in the scientific literature that have raised concerns that prescription pain medications are at times being misused, if not abused.   A recent article in the Annals of Internal Medicine reminds us that there are a lot of folks out there who are quietly suffering through their pain, and who perhaps are... Read moreChevron
posted 03/31/2008, comment (1)|
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