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…
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Update on Cannabis and Pain Relief Research
By Staff Although a US congressional panel recently blocked medical cannabis research, deciding that the federal government’s search for potential solutions to the nation’s prescription…
Opinion: Talk with the Doctor, Listen to the Doctor and Hope They do the Same
By Krissy Anderson I don’t like to see doctors blamed for things that have happened because of government and private insurance company interferences. It seems…
Anti-Opioid Propaganda and Profit
By: Angelika Byczkowski I'm sickened by the tone of the anti-opioid lobby these days, which has become aggressively hostile to pain patients. They present more…
Opinion: Stop The War On Chronic Pain Patients
By Richard "Red" Lawhern, PhD Much has been written lately about an "epidemic" of opioid overdose deaths, and a supposed need to restrict prescription opioid…
Athletes Are Using Cannabis for Pain Relief
By H. Hackman It seems that long gone are the times when the news of athletes using cannabis for health reasons would shock a person.…
Opinion: CNN Stigmatizes Pain Patients
By Paul Gileno, Founder/President US Pain Foundation Anderson’s Cooper Town Hall Meeting on Prescription Addiction in America further stigmatized people with pain. I am deeply…
Opinion: Making Ourselves Heard
by Richard A. Lawhern, Ph.D. The National Pain Report coverage has prompted many recent discussions on the CDC revised standards for prescription of opioids to…