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Karen Lee Richards

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posted 11/11/2009, comment (1)

Stretching the Truth – Biases in Health Care Reporting

An Associated Press article about the placebo effect, particularly as it relates to natural or alternative treatments, is showing up in newspapers and other media across the country this week. The article, by AP writter Marilynn Marchione, although a tad one-sided, is not the problem. What I take issue with is the editor's note that... Read more Chevron

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posted 11/08/2009, comments (4)

Fibromyalgia/Stigma of Good and Bad Hours

I wish to explain more about my perspective of the stigma of fibromyalgia. It seems as if the stigma exists no matter what state the FM patient happens to be in at any given time. We are not allowed to be sick. Yet we are also not allowed to have good days or hours without the stigma. Of course, I have my good and bad... Read more Chevron

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posted 11/06/2009, comments (14)

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Hello everyone out there living with chronic pain. I have been living with chronic pain since 2003 when I was involved in an mva. I have nerve damage in my left leg from the hip down and in the right leg from the knee down. I also have fibromyalgia which developed from the chronic pain so I know how a lot of you out there... Read more Chevron

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Jeff L

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posted 11/05/2009, comments (5)

A realistic Oxycodone dosage?

I've got a question - and a complaint - about Oxycodone dosages. I'll have to give you some context here I guess. I had to go onto long-term disability. For many years my primary care has been through the local VA clinic. The VA clinic told me it is their policy to NOT get involved in anything to do with disability claims;... Read more Chevron

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posted 11/01/2009, comment (1)

kadian and I.R. oxycodone

i know my Kadian is morpheine but is my Oxycodon I.R. really Oxycontin? I have gotten a lot of different answears and remember the stigma back in appalachia about the hillbilly herion oxy. don't want to be on too addictive of a med any thought's?

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