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Opioids are ineffective for osteoarthritis pain long term – or are they?
Another new study on opioids for chronic pain has just been released and the Australian media has picked it up and is running with sensationalistic...
CDC proposes new guidelines on the treatment of chronic pain, including opioid prescribing
The US government proposed new guidelines for prescribing opioid pain medications on Thursday. Of particular importance is that they have removed the previously applied recommended...
Spinal Cord Stimulators – high complication rates and serious adverse events
Spinal cord stimulators are implanted devices designed to relieve pain by sending low level electrical signals directly to the spinal cord. This signal interrupts the...
Read “The Truth about Pain Killers”
We know now that the vast majority of patients who take pain relievers like oxycodone and hydrocodone never get addicted. We also know that people...
New UNSW report: Problem opioid behaviours are related to pre-existing risks, not dose
A new study from UNSW Sydney has analysed findings from a five-year cohort of 1514 people who have been prescribed opioids for chronic non-cancer pain,...
An open letter from chronic non-cancer pain patients to the RACGP and Dr. Simon Holliday
An open letter to the RACGP and Dr Simon Holliday, Re: Article and interview with Dr Simon Holliday: Can pain self-management avoid the need for opioids?...
Heroin has made a resurgence. Most opioid deaths are now attributed to illicit heroin NOT pharmaceutical opioids
Reading through the multitude of articles based on the Pennington Institute’s Annual Overdose report, much reporting is glossing over the very important fact that HEROIN is now the cause...
Opioids are always portrayed in the media as the scourge of humanity and addicts and chronic pain patients are treated as one patient group
The Pennington Institute’s Australia’s Annual Overdose report was released today, and along with it a flurry of media stories on opioids, and how many Australian’s are dying every year...