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 Street.
The focus on physicians is perhaps the least resistant path to the easier drug bust; after all, physicians are supposed to maintain records of...
There were a great many responses to my story about the fellow who had his opioid pain medicines stolen and the problems he had after that... Read more »
Question: I have been living with RA since 1991. For the last 5-6 years I have been on Vicodin of various strengths. The Vicodin no longer... Read more »
In November 2000, President Clinton signed a bill into law designating the decade beginning January 1, 2001 as the “Decade of Pain... Read more »
Many of our readers are aware that I left my work in East Africa early this year and returned to the U.S. in hopes of finding medical help... Read more »
Chronic pain patients (sometimes including Migraine sufferers) are often asked to sign narcotics contracts, or treatment agreements, with... Read more »
Migraineurs and other chronic pain patients who use narcotics (opioids) are often asked to sign narcotics contracts, or treatment agreements, with... Read more »
Source: eOrthopod
Doctors at the Hospital for Joint Diseases in New York City are studying ways to reduce pain after arthroscopic surgery of the knee. Arthroscopic... Read more »
Source: eOrthopod
Patients with chronic pain may be helped by strong pain relievers such as narcotics referred to as opioids. An opioid is a chemical substance that... Read more »
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
Alternative NamesMedications for pain; Drugs for pain; AnalgesicsInformationPain medicines are also called analgesics. Every type of pain medicine... Read more »
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