by TPC Admin | Nov 30, 2019 | Caregivers, Opioid Impact Series, Pain Policy |
Submitted by a Member of The Pain Community. Since the CDC issued the opioid guidelines back in 2016, they have not only done extreme damage to the chronic pain and chronic illness communities, they have made being a caregiver to my loved one so much harder. What has...
by TPC Admin | Nov 7, 2019 | Opioid Impact Series, Pain Policy |
Written by TPC Community Member It is now nearing 30 years since this pain journey started for me. Seems as though that was a lifetime ago. My pain started out to be manageable and daily life went on. As time marched on, it became a little harder to manage. With the...
by TPC Admin | Aug 10, 2019 | Daily Living, Opioid Impact Series |
A Personal Experience of a TPC Community Member My daughter had an accident and broke her ankle at her home. The day after she had surgery to repair the break, she was having some serious issues so I drove her to the emergency room. It was a warm day and while she was...
by Karen Kiefer, MSN, APN, NP-C, RN-BC | Aug 4, 2019 | Medications, Opioid Impact Series, Treatment Options |
The campaign to stop the “Opioid Epidemic” reaches into every aspect of healthcare, from the exam room to the hospitals, pharmacies and homes of people who live with pain every day. In reaction to this crisis, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) published their...
by TPC Admin | Jul 19, 2019 | Medications, Opioid Impact Series |
Regulation of opioid formulations has increased and decreased over time for as long as opioid substances have been used by humans. Regulations are driven by many things, including prevalence of use to manage pain in a healthcare setting, connection to overdose,...
