My Story: A Message for People with Chronic Pain
I have had chronic pain for over 17 years. Everything I write about in this column comes from personal experience, discussions with other people in…
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Living with Pain: A Face from the War on Pain
In 2000, a heavy wind shear struck with no warning in downtown Los Angeles, hitting the single engine plane from which Radene Marie Cook was…
My Story: The Dark Side of Epidurals
With the recent outbreak of fungal meningitis – caused by a contaminated steroid and spread by epidural injections -- I find it necessary to inform…
Living with Pain: Hope Stirs on the Horizon
Usually I write about topics that can make a reader weep. Not today. Today I want to write about hope -- hope that a group…
Living with Pain: Is the War on Pain Patients a Human Rights Violation?
When we read about human rights violations, we usually think of Russia, China or third world countries. We rarely think of the United States. Yet…
My Story: Why Opioid Labeling Changes Are Needed
Recently, several columns have appeared in American News Report expressing negative views toward a petition submitted to the FDA by doctors, researchers and public health…
Living with Pain: Patients Fight Back in Florida
Pain patients in Florida are taking their well-being into their own hands by fighting back against the state and federal governments, which are obstructing and,…
Caught in the Crossfire: PROMPT vs. PROP
When a group of doctors, public health officials and members of Physicians for Responsible Opioid Prescribing (PROP) submitted a petition to the FDA to restrict…