When President Donald Trump declared opioid abuse a public health emergency last October, it was unclear if this announcement would become a defining moment in ending our nation’s worst-ever drug epidemic. As the Charleston Gazette-Mail‘s Pulitzer-Prize winning reporting revealed, West Virginia
The War on Opioids!
Many of our patients and readers have been asking about the "War on Opioids". Clinics and practices are being shut down and called "pill mills". At the same time, well meaning physicians are afraid to prescribe opioids for fear of getting into trouble... and patients are caught in the middle. I
What is Chronic Pain?
Most of you are new to Pain Scored. Welcome! Our evolving service is meant to help you learn about your pain and help you make better decisions. One of our goals is to start with some education. Honestly, Chronic Pain is very complicated. I just read through a very dense article in the journal