Critical Issues Affecting the Treatment of Chronic Pain
Opioid Epidemic
- Chronic Pain & the Rx Opioid Epidemic
Prescribing Guidelines
- Intensity of Pain: Are we Focused on the Wrong Metric? Chronic Pain Treatment Should Focus on Improving Function and Quality of Life
- Tips on How to Safely Taper Patients Off of Prescription Opioids: An Interview with Mark Sullivan, MD, PhD
- Potentially deadly drug combinations routinely prescribed in treatment of chronic pain and mental health conditions: Study finds that rate of prescribing for prescription pain medications has slowed, while dangerous multi-drug use has not
- Risks to Injured Workers from Prescription Opioids
- Prescribing Guidelines: An Interview with David J. Tauben, MD, Medical Director, UW TelePain
- How effective is long-term opioid therapy for chronic pain?
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and concussion/mTBI (mild traumatic brain injury)
- The Basics of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
- Did you check for PTSD before prescribing opioid pain medications?
- 7 Things You Should Know about PTSD and Use of Opioid Pain Medications (pdf)
- PTSD and chronic pain, presentation by Mark Sullivan presentation, MD, PhD, at Oregon Pain Guidance, 4th Annual Thoughtful Approach to Chronic Pain: What Clearly Works, Medford, OR (pdf)
- Check for Mild Traumatic Brain Injury (mTBI or concussion) when treating chronic pain
- Understanding the Intersection of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury (mTBI or concussion) and Chronic Pain: An interview with Jesse Fann, MD, MPH (November 2015)
Pregnancy and Opioids
- Lessons from the Front Lines of the NAS Epidemic: An Interview with Neonatal Nurse Practitioner Carla Saunders, Knoxville, Tennessee
- Every Mother, Every Baby Deserves a Great Start
- Women, Pregnancy & Prescription Opioids (pdf)
- Opioids and Pregnancy, presentation by Alyssa Stephenson-Famy, MD, at UW TelePain, 3 June 2015, Seattle WA (pdf)