There’s no way to address America’s prescription drug abuse crisis without balanced pain management, explained the National Institutes of Health’s Linda Porter, PhD, at Tuesday’s Summit on Balanced Pain Management. But clearing the way for integrated care won’t be easy – as the day-long event’s broad range of patient advocates, health care providers, researchers and government representatives made clear.
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A grandmother in need of a hip replacement, an all-American high school swimmer with a bad shoulder and a 40-year-old construction worker with nerve pain in his elbow.
Veterans are tough. We’re trained to push through, suck it up and fight back. But living in pain doesn’t have to be a fact of life as we age.
Nearly six in 10 adults are living in pain, according to new data. But balanced pain management could be the key to helping many of them find relief.