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Why Balanced Pain Management Matters as Much as Ever
As a pain management specialist, I can see how the COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted patients’ access to treatments like targeted injections or physical therapy.
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Don’t Penalize Doctors for Using Non-Opioid Pain Treatments
Even as COVID-19 dominates headlines, the opioid crisis continues.
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When Step Therapy Increases Patients’ Pain
Chronic diseases have a way of rewriting people’s life plans. Just consider my longtime dream of being a college athlete.
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Could Balanced Pain Management Limit Falls for Seniors?
As outlined in The Journals of Gerontology, researchers found that opioid use is “significantly” linked to an increased risk of falls and fall injuries among seniors.
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Patient-Centered Care Dominates Pain Policy Summit
Pain is a single word with a thousand different meanings, as the sixth annual Summit on Balanced Pain Management made clear. So if policymakers want to tackle America’s pain problem, they should begin by embracing Read more…
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A Promising Step for Pain Patients
Medicare beneficiaries with low back pain could soon have a new treatment option available: acupuncture.
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Experts Align on Individualized Treatment for Pain
from the Institute for Patient Access Two new publications make it clear: Patients in pain need access to integrative, comprehensive care. Newly adopted policies from the American Medical Association say that utilization management policies such as prior Read more…
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Why Arthritis Patients Need Balanced Pain Management
from the Institute for Patient Access Difficult trade-offs have plagued arthritis patients for long enough. For years, some patients were torn between debilitating inflammation or treatment with potentially addictive opioids. Now, with opioid prescribing on Read more…
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The Inter-Agency Pain Management Task Force Final Draft Report on Best Practice: What Providers Should Know
Earlier this month, the Pain Management Best Practices Inter-Agency Task Force held its third and last public meeting, voting to adopt its final draft recommendations for acute and chronic pain management. Read more.
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Where Hospitals Get it Wrong on Pain and Opioids
from the Institute for Patient Access If you turn on the nightly news or open a daily paper, you’re likely to hear about the nation’s ongoing opioid abuse crisis. The overdose death tolls are staggering. Read more…