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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.

By AfPA Digital, 5 months ago September 28, 2020
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Don’t Penalize Doctors for Using Non-Opioid Pain Treatments

Even as COVID-19 dominates headlines, the opioid crisis continues.

By AfPA Digital, 6 months ago September 22, 2020
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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.

By AfPA Digital, 6 months ago September 15, 2020
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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.

By AfPA Digital, 1 year ago March 3, 2020
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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…

By AfPA Digital, 1 year ago December 9, 2019
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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.

By AfPA Digital, 2 years ago August 12, 2019
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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…

By AfPA Digital, 2 years ago July 9, 2019
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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…

By AfPA Digital, 2 years ago July 3, 2019
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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.

By AfPA Digital, 2 years ago May 20, 2019
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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…

By AfPA Digital, 2 years ago May 9, 2019

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