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Opioids Chronic Pain

Opioids and Chronic Pain

Kelly O'Neill 28 Comments ,
This is the second in a series on opioids & chronic pain. If you know someone with a painful chronic illness, please share this article. Opioids chronic pain debate: cause of epidemic or proper pain relief? In 2003, Nursing Times argued the evidence for treating “chronic non-malignant pain” with opioids (Chronic pain and opioids: dispelling myths and...Continue reading      28 Comments » Read more
What Causes Rheumatoid Arthritis Pain

What Causes Rheumatoid Arthritis Pain?

Kelly O'Neill 24 Comments , ,
Why ask what causes rheumatoid arthritis pain? Today we answer a letter from a reader that raises key questions about living with rheumatoid disease (RD). Why is it so painful? Why doesn’t treatment take away pain? Why isn’t the pain dealt with? In part, the answer is found in another question: What causes rheumatoid arthritis pain? Until...Continue reading      24 Comments » Read more
Opioid Restrictions Versus Patient Needs

Opioid Restrictions Versus Patient Needs

Kelly O'Neill 21 Comments , ,
The thinking behind recent opioid restrictions There are two sides to arguments behind recent efforts at opioid restrictions in the U.S. However one side has been dominant in the last couple of years. State and federal governments have enacted opioid restrictions in an attempt to reduce misuse of prescription medications. Options for patients with severe pain...Continue reading      21 Comments » Read more
Rheumatoid disease / rheumatoid arthritis pain

Rheumatoid Arthritis Pain Persists

Kelly O'Neill 4 Comments , ,
This is Part 3 of a series on Rheumatoid Disease / Rheumatoid Arthritis pain. In Part 1 we looked at the role of pain in the disease. Part 2 examines a popular study on Remaining Pain and poses 12 reasons that current explanations for Remaining Pain are wrong. In Part 3, we’ll see that the...Continue reading      4 Comments » Read more

Remaining Pain in Rheumatoid Arthritis

Kelly O'Neill 11 Comments , ,
Studying Remaining Pain In part one of this series on the role of pain in rheumatoid arthritis / disease, we learned that “Remaining pain” is a term for joint pain that patients experience despite treatment with DMARDs like methotrexate or Enbrel. Today we discuss a large study about Remaining Pain in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) / rheumatoid disease...Continue reading      11 Comments » Read more
Role of Pain in Rheumatoid Arthritis

The Role of Pain in Rheumatoid Arthritis

Kelly O'Neill 25 Comments ,
This is Part 1 in a series on the role of pain in rheumatoid arthritis / disease. What role does pain play in RA diagnosis? In disease assessment? In disease treatment? Let’s start with a history lesson… 2 kinds of medicines for Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) In 2009, we discussed the need to both treat rheumatoid disease and...Continue reading      25 Comments » Read more
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Frozen: Ice Pack Princess

Kelly O'Neill 21 Comments ,
Little blue ice pack friends Roo still sleeps with stuffed animals – actually today there’s a more dignified word for them: plush toys. Since the plush characters are soft, he doesn't mind that they take up most of his bed. With an ice pack, it’s a different story: more like the fairy tale Frozen. Ice packs are...Continue reading      21 Comments » Read more
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