from the Institute for Patient Access “As we deal with the opioid crisis, we must keep in mind those Americans who are hurting.” These words, from Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) during a February Senate hearing, Read more…
Three years ago this month, as alarms about the over-prescription of opioid painkillers were sounding across the country, the federal government issued course-correcting guidelines for primary care doctors. Prescriptions have fallen notably since then, and the Trump administration is Read more…
from the Alliance for Patient Access What stands between patients and integrative, comprehensive pain management? It could be health plan design, according to a recent attitudinal survey by the Alliance for Balanced Pain Management. The survey polled more Read more…
from the Alliance for Patient Access The Food and Drug Administration has approved two generic versions of an innovative drug to treat opioid addiction, increasing available treatment options for Americans fighting addiction. The move underscores Read more…
More than 42,000 Americans died from an opioid overdose in 2016. Meanwhile, millions of other Americans suffer from chronic pain. The situation poses a difficult question for policymakers: How do we meet the needs of pain patients without contributing Read more…
More than 1,000 people per day receive treatment in emergency rooms across the country for misusing prescription opioids. And approximately 115 Americans die daily from opioid overdose. Statistics like these have spurred calls for action, and federal policymakers Read more…
Is Washington finally ready to address the nation’s opioid crisis in a meaningful way? Thursday marked the White House Opioid Summit, which welcomed 200 affected Americans to discuss the crisis with Cabinet members. President Donald Trump Read more…
Anyone can experience pain—but nobody should feel trapped by opioids as the only way to manage it: that’s the message at the heart of APTA’s newest video public service announcement (PSA) in the #ChoosePT opioid awareness campaign. Read more…
Ending the opioid crisis—or even just making a dent in it—is going to require nothing less than transforming an entire culture’s attitudes about pain and its management. But panelists at a recent APTA event believe Read more…
No one wants to live in pain. But no one should put their health at risk in an effort to be pain free. Since 1999, Americans have increasingly been prescribed opioids—painkillers like Vicodin, OxyContin, Opana, and methodone, Read more…