Opinion: Where is the Research We Need for the National Pain Initiative?
By Kurt W.G. Matthies, BSE, MSCS As an engineer and computer scientist, a student of pain research, and as one who has lived most of…
Articles Written By: Kurt W.G. Matthies
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Dear CNN
(There have been a great number of very articulate letters written by National Pain Report readers about the CNN Town Hall on Opioids that was…
Counterfeit Fentanyl – The Drug Cartel’s Answer to CDC Opioid Guidelines?
By Kurt W.G. Matthies Recent reports of fentanyl appearing on North American streets are in the news. Counterfeit “Norco” (hydrocodone/APAP) tablets are appearing on California…
Untreated Chronic Pain is Acute Pain
The controversy over non-treatment of pain with pain medicine has filled the pages of pain advocacy journals in recent months. Let’s face it. The CDC…
CDC Does Not Comply with Federal Law
What happened? On November 17, 2015 the Washington Legal Foundation sent a formal letter to the Center of Disease Control (CDC) and its executive leadership,…
Opinion: The Power of Numbers: Stand Up and Be Counted
Denying chronic pain, and therefore minimizing the nation’s pain problem, has become a preoccupation of the Anti-Analgesia Cartel, which now includes the CDC. It is…
In Crisis There Is Opportunity
I just read Kerry Smith’s story: A Missed Opportunity . Kerry, hello and welcome. Thank you for writing that story. How many of our readers…
Commentary: Confusion About Medical Marijuana And Chronic Pain
There is great confusion about medical marijuana (MMJ) and how it works for specific kinds of pain in the minds of many who are seeking…