Military Drinking and Drug Use a “Public Health Crisis”
The widespread use of alcohol, painkillers and other drugs in the military is “a public health crisis,” according to a new report that calls for…
Drug Addiction
Medicaid Patients More Likely To Use Illegal Drugs
Patients on Medicaid are more likely to use illicit drugs, according to a large new study presented at PAINWeek, the nation's largest conference for frontline…
Physicians at PAINWeek React to Criminal Charges Against Iowa Doctor
The nation's largest educational conference for health care providers in the field of pain management opened in Las Vegas with yet another reminder of the…
Drug Monitoring Database Significantly Reduced Inappropriate Prescriptions
A prescription drug monitoring program in Canada dramatically reduced the number of inappropriate prescriptions for opioid painkillers and anti-anxiety drugs, according to a new study…
Depression and Painkiller Use Increases Risk of Addiction after Surgery
The risk of addiction to opioid painkillers after surgery significantly increases if a patient is depressed or has used pain medications prior to surgery, according…
Doctors Say Methadone Too Risky for Pain Management
Methadone is increasingly being used by physicians to manage chronic pain, but it is a risky drug to prescribe as a pain reliever, according to…
High-Tech Patient Tracking: Smart Innovation or Invasion of Privacy?
Health care providers, insurers and regulators are increasingly turning to smart medication devices to track and treat patients with chronic pain. Two such devices have…
Pain Academy Opposes New Limits on Opioid Painkillers
The board of directors of the American Academy of Pain Medicine (AAPM) says a petition to the FDA that calls for new limits on opioid…