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Pain Patients Should Not be the Victims in the War on Drugs
Four years ago, the DEA worked with Dr. Russell K. Portenoy, chairman of the pain medicine department at Beth Israel Medical Center, to develop pain med... Read more »
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Vitamin D for Musculoskeletal Pain
By Karen Lee Richards , Health Expert...1,000 IU. However, researchers say that people with chronic pain conditions should take up to... Read more »
Chronic Pain Management and the DEA
By Rob Streno , Health Expert...Paey, from Florida, who suffers both from MS and chronic pain from a spinal cord injury from an... Read more »
Medicinal Marijuana: The Myths, the Money, the Munchies
By Dr. Mark Borigini , Health Expert...marijuana rather extensively in the 1800s, and the analgesic effects of cannabinoids have been... Read more »
Do Not Forget the Risks of Methadone in Pain Management
By Dr. Mark Borigini , Health Expert...increasingly for patients dealing with moderate to severe pain, and often in the setting of a... Read more »
Opioid Therapy: When Use Becomes Abuse
By Dr. Mark Borigini , Health Expert...prescription narcotics. For many, the treatment of chronic pain involves long-term narcotic... Read more »
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Understanding Chronic Pain
...mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;} If you are reading this, someone close to you lives with and suffers from chronic pain. Since pain is invisible, many find it hard to believe that anyone... Read more »Fibromyalgia Treatment
...they've had success using opiate treatments, a Danish survey study indicated that the use of opiods by chronic pain patients may not result in a significantly improved quality of life in the long... Read more »Medication Overuse Headache Quiz: How Much Do You Know About Rebound?
The name varies. You'll see these headaches called "rebound headaches," "analgesic rebound headaches," "medication overuse headaches," and other terms. The newer term in use by specialists in the... Read more »Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Diagnosis
...the following symptoms must have been present for longer than 6 months:Short-term memory loss or a severe inability to concentrate that affects work, school, or other normal activitiesSore... Read more »Fibromyalgia: Lifestyle Changes
...Reduction TechniquesRelaxation and stress-reduction techniques are proving to be helpful in managing chronic pain. There is certainly evidence that people with fibromyalgia have a more stressful... Read more »Images
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Snail Venom for Chronic Pain
August 01, 2007COLUMBUS, Ohio (Ivanhoe Broadcast News) A snail found in the sea could be all it takes for millions of people to live pain-free. Small but deadly,... Read summary »
Healing Tendonitis With Blood
May 05, 2008PALO ALTO, Calif. (Ivanhoe Broadcast News) -- When tendons degenerate in the knee or elbow, both conditions known as Tennis Elbow, patients often... Read summary »
Migraine Pain Relief
November 27, 2006CHICAGO (Ivanhoe Broadcast New) -- Chrissy Freuh's migraines started early. "I remember the lights bothering me and the sun," she says. And they got... Read summary »
Connecting the Brain and Pain
November 13, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- A common brain imaging technology is unlocking the connection between depression and pain. Statistics show more than 75 percent... Read summary »
Program Helps Patients Manage Chronic Pain
April 06, 2009(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Chronic pain sufferers can see a significant reduction in pain and depression if they are treated with a collaborative care... Read summary »
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