Testify in congress for pain issues
Those having to deal with the federal government in the payment or remittance of equipment or services have an excellent idea of the red tape that is involved. For those of us with CRPS, it can be almost impossible to get the governmental people on the other end of the phone to understand. They have [...]
Human body may have extra skin sensors
Doctors have been working for years trying to understand the reasons behind migraines and fibromyalgia but have not found reasons behind the pain. Doctors from the University of Liverpool may have accidently found that the human body has nerves at the end of blood vessels and sweat glands that can report touch and pain back [...]
New Internet based study on CRPS looking for participants
The Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Syndrome Association is looking for participants in a new study of CRPS. You must have a diagnosis of either Type I or Type II to enter into this study. Note that this is an Internet study and not the traditional one where you go to a doctor or study center and [...]
Doctors and Nurses underestimate pain
In a "gee really?" statement today, the Journal of Clinical Nursing shows that doctors and nurses have no idea how to deal with chronic pain and dramatically underestimate the amount of pain a patient is in. From those that have to deal with medical professionals in a chronic pain situation, many run into giant problems [...]
ACTION NEEDED: FDA may remove pain killers
Action is need by the chronic pain community to tell the FDA not to remove medications like Percocet or Vicodin from the list of medications available. In addition, extra strength medications like Tylenol would be removed from over the counter and would require a prescription by a doctor. Tens of thousands of pain suffers depend [...]
Guides to help those in chronic pain
As someone who suffers from CRPS, this site regularly reports on what is happening in the field of pain relief and share ideas to deal with the problem. From time to time we gain access to books or articles that are worth the download and storage for later use.
Acupuncture found to help control chronic pain
A study at the University of Michigan has found that acupuncture can help to reduce pain and can increase the pain potential of opioids. Patients that were diagnosed with fibramyalgia were asked to keep taking their existing pain killers over a two month period of time. Then PET scans were taken at the beginning before [...]
Join new study on CRPS
For those with chronic pain and have a diagnosis of either CRPS Type I or II there is a study you can join. A PhD. Candidate from the University off Iowa is conducting research on the reduction of quality of life from CRPS. The study is being underwritten by the Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Association which [...]
FDA takes away powerful pain killer
In a move that has baffled pain management doctors, the FDA has decided to restrict distribution of a newly approved pain killer. The drug called Onsolis is a short acting but powerful fentanyl pain killer. The drug was originally to be used for acute pain management and end of life pain control.
UK patients live in agony so government saves money
While the United States decides whether to allow the government to control medical care, we see yet another potential disaster come from the UK. The drug rationing watchdog has arbitrarily forced doctors to stop giving patients steroids to stop pain in patients where their pain cause is unknown. Drugs such as cortisone have been widely [...]
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