2018 Summit on Balanced Pain Management
Before Justin Minyard was keynote speaker at this week’s fifth annual National Summit on Balanced Pain Management in Washington, DC, he was a respondent at the Pentagon on September 11. A high-level interrogator serving the United States Army during tours in Afghanistan and Iraq. And a prime example of why comprehensive, integrative pain management is critical.
Living with Gout and Chronic Kidney Disease
They cost me a promising college basketball career, my second toe and, for a while, my self-esteem. But gout and chronic kidney disease haven’t stopped me from leading a full life. And they shouldn’t hold others back either.
Event Aims to Encourage, Empower Gout Patients
Painful, debilitating and highly stigmatized, gout affects 8-9 million Americans. The disease occurs when uric acid builds up in the joints, triggering agonizing attacks and disrupting people’s day-to-day lives. But the Alliance for Gout Awareness has a message for frustrated patients: Don’t give up.
New Survey Reveals National Attitudes on Pain Treatment
What stands between patients and integrative, comprehensive pain management? It could be health plan design, according to a recent attitudinal survey by the Alliance for Balanced Pain Management.
Drugs, Data & Opioid Policies
America’s drug abuse crisis has reached epic proportions, a recent report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirms. Drug-related deaths in 2016 alone spiked by 22 percent.
Teens Are All Ears on the Opioid Epidemic
When it comes to abusing prescription opioids, teenagers want to be lectured. No, really.
Advocates Strategize on Pain Care Policy at GAfPA’s Malta Workshop
GAfPA’s workshop drew participants from across Europe who represented a multitude of backgrounds – all linked through their work with pain.
Governors Take on Abuse and Access in Opioid Compact
State governors are ready to take action on the opioid abuse epidemic. The National Governors Association released “A Compact to Fight Opioid Addiction” on July 13 with the goals of reducing inappropriate opioid prescribing, improving awareness of risks and addiction, and clearing the way for addiction treatment and recovery.
Senators Urge Action on National Pain Strategy
A bipartisan group of U.S. senators has a question for HHS Secretary Sylvia Burwell: Any progress on the National Pain Strategy? In a letter to Secretary Burwell, 12 senators reiterate the widespread suffering and financial toll of chronic pain. “It is time,” they explain, “to transform the [National Pain Strategy] from a plan on paper to a reality …to improve [Americans’] health and quality of life.”
Patient Groups to Congress: Veterans Deserve Comprehensive Pain Care
by Amanda Conschafter, blog editor New legislation has the House Committee on Veterans Affairs examining a far-reaching patient access issue: pain management for former U.S. service members. More than 50 percent of veterans experience chronic pain, explain two dozen patient advocacy organizations in a letter to the committee. And now, advocates explain, the Promoting Responsible Opioid […]
