by Teresa Shaffer | Apr 30, 2018 | Advocacy, Pain Policy |
When did it become acceptable to treat people with chronic illness and pain as if they did something to deserve what is happening to their lives? When did it become acceptable for healthcare providers to mistrust patients and turn them away instead of treating them...
by Micke Brown, BSN, RN | Jan 19, 2017 | Pain Policy, Safe & Sound Series |
Are you familiar with your state Prescription (Drug) Monitoring Program (aka PMP or PDMP)? Is your pain care provider registered and does he/she use it? Have you ever asked? I think it is important for you to be aware of these programs, their purpose and their value...
by Maggie Buckley | Dec 5, 2016 | Advocacy, Pain Policy |
Wow, what an incredible couple of months it’s been. With 2016 coming to a close, it is time to think about New Year’s Resolutions. One very popular resolution in the current post election political environment is to become an advocate for one or many issues that...
by Teresa Shaffer | Apr 28, 2015 | Advocacy, Pain Policy |
I have lived with pain for half of my lifetime and I will live with pain until I die. Living with pain due to an illness, disease or syndrome and utilizing pain medications as a part of my pain treatment does not make me, or others like me, a drug abuser, addict or...
by Janice Reynolds | Apr 23, 2015 | Advocacy, Pain Policy |
See also – On the Record: I Must Get This Off My Chest! – Part One I am so tired of professionals, the media, and the public constantly linking opioids and addiction with little evidence to support this. There may be correlation; however correlation does...
by Janice Reynolds | Apr 14, 2015 | Advocacy, Pain Policy |
Recently, there was a discussion on a listserv about functionality, the assessment of it, and an emphasis on the NRS (numerical rating scale-0 to 10). One letter provoked some strong feelings in me which I did respond to; however it is still distressing me. It was...
