May We All Be Like the Palm Trees
By Gracie Bagosy-Young. My dad took me to Hawaii in 8th grade. I was so fascinated with the palm trees that he took my picture…
chronic pain
How CRPS Turned Me into a Crusader
Editor’s Note: Gracie and I met through social media (you will see that she uses social media a lot and very successfully). She has CRPS,…
Children in Pain Looking To Have Some Fun
Children suffer from chronic pain---which is an often underreported fact in pain management. Children who suffer from chronic illness, pediatric cancer, or have been injured…
Pills for Breakfast: Reflecting on My Two Year ‘Pain-niversary’
It took me two years to figure out that I could paint the top of my prescription bottles with nail polish so that in the…
Montana Doctor Sounds the Alarm
A new patient named Vicky came to see me. She was pretty desperate. She had fallen down a flight of stairs a month ago, breaking…
Access to Opioids in Europe Called ‘Human Right’
At a time when chronic pain patients in the U.S. are increasingly being denied access to opioids, efforts are underway in 12 countries in Eastern…
Pain Patients Treated by ‘Dysfunctional’ Health Care System
An independent panel convened by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has concluded that individualized patient care is needed to better treat the estimated 100…
Ask the Pharmacist: Can My Insurance Help Get a Prescription Filled?
Dear Steve, What recourse does a patient have if every pharmacy that they go to refuses to fill their scripts? Pharmacies where we had prescriptions…