21+ hour, 4+ min ago  (807+ words) There's a simple reason the narrative around the "opioid crisis" falls apart when you actually look at the overdose data. Because the data doesn't show what they claim it shows." And that false narrative has been retrofitted to cover the…...

1+ day, 16+ hour ago  (744+ words) Chronic pain patients in the U. S. who are curious about trying medical marijuana are often turned off by the cost. Depending on where they live and how much legal marijuana is taxed, an ounce of medium-quality cannabis costs about $250; a one-ounce…...

3+ day, 21+ hour ago  (997+ words) In a 2026 study I conducted with colleagues on people with peripheral arterial disease, one participant described how leg pain had disrupted his golf for years. It forced him to stop mid-round, shake his leg and apologise to his playing partners…...

4+ day, 20+ hour ago  (706+ words) The parents of a 19-year-old college student who died of an accidental overdose are blaming Chat GPT for giving their son deadly advice about his drug use." Leila Turner-Scott and Angus Scott are suing Open AI " which makes Chat GPT…...

4+ day, 20+ hour ago  (702+ words) The parents of a 19-year-old college student who died of an accidental overdose are blaming Chat GPT for giving their son deadly advice about his drug use." Leila Turner-Scott and Angus Scott are suing Open AI " which makes Chat GPT…...

4+ day, 19+ hour ago  (702+ words) The parents of a 19-year-old college student who died of an accidental overdose are blaming Chat GPT for giving their son deadly advice about his drug use." Leila Turner-Scott and Angus Scott are suing Open AI " which makes Chat GPT…...

6+ day, 9+ hour ago  (487+ words) By Dr. Forest Tennant In the 1970s, when I first started treating intractable pain, my first cases were the bone pain of metastatic cancer, usually melanoma, breast, or prostate cancer. In those days, chemotherapy and radiation were just hopeful treatments, so…...

6+ day, 19+ hour ago  (483+ words) Antibiotics are not an effective treatment for chronic lower back pain caused by bulging herniated discs, according to a small new study by researchers in Australia. That may sound like a "Well, duhhh" finding, but some patients with back pain…...

6+ day, 19+ hour ago  (483+ words) Antibiotics are not an effective treatment for chronic lower back pain caused by bulging herniated discs, according to a small new study by researchers in Australia. That may sound like a "Well, duhhh" finding, but some patients with back pain…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (1259+ words) Doctors, policymakers, journalists, and pain experts endlessly warn about the risk of overdose from long term opioid therapy. But almost nobody talks about the risk of suicide from untreated pain. Why is this being ignored? Swept under the rug? Refusing…...