PAIN MANAGEMENT RESOURCES ARTICLES/INFORMATION/RESEARCH(click here for Organizations/Agencies) Review of “Pain Management” (Vachss), California Society of Addiction Medicine Manhattan doctor busted for writing 14,000 unnecessary painkiller prescriptions, even to addicts ” Brooklyn federal prosecutors said Dr. Martin Tesher wrote more than…
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PRINTABLE PAGE Jury Awards $1.5M Over Cancer Pain Originally published by The Associated Press, June 14, 2001 OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) – A jury has awarded $1.5 million to the family of a man who accused his doctor of not prescribing…
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PRINTABLE PAGE Whistle-Blower Says Marketers Broke the Rules to Push a Drug By Melody PetersenOriginally published in The New York Times, March 14, 2002 In 1996, Dr. David P. Franklin, a former research fellow at the Harvard Medical School, took…
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PRINTABLE PAGE Topiramate Shows Promise for Treatment of Neuropathy and Chronic Pain Originally published by Reuters Health, February 8, 2002 NEW YORK (Reuters Health) — The anti-epileptic drug topiramate may be an effective addition to the arsenal of agents used…
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PRINTABLE PAGE GW Pharmaceuticals to Test Cannabis Spray for Cancer Pain Originally published by Reuters Health, January 16, 2002 LONDON (Reuters Health) — UK patients suffering from terminal cancer will soon get the chance to test cannabis-based medicines if a…
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PRINTABLE PAGE Many Seniors Get ‘Woefully Inadequate’ Pain Treatment, Study Says Andre Picard, Public Health ReporterOriginally published in The Globe and Mail, April 25, 2001 Pain among elderly nursing-home residents is prevalent, persistent and poorly treated, according to a new…
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PRINTABLE PAGE Brain Scans Show Increased Pain Sensitivity in Fibromyalgia Originally published by Reuters Health, November 16, 2001 SAN FRANCISCO — Brain scans have revealed that women with fibromyalgia differ from depressed women in their sensitivity to pain, researchers reported…
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PRINTABLE PAGE General Practitioners Underestimate Intensity of Patients’ Severe Pain (Reuters Health) Originally published by Reuters Health, January 7, 2002 NEW YORK (Reuters Health) — Primary care physicians tend to rate their patients’ pain intensity significantly lower than do the…
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PRINTABLE PAGE Britain Could Approve Prescription Cannabis Drugs Originally published by Reuters Health, February 19, 2002 LONDON (Reuters) — British doctors could be filling out prescriptions for cannabis-based pain-killing drugs as early as 2004 if clinical trials prove a success,…
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PRINTABLE PAGE US Agents Raid Medical Marijuana Club Originally published by Reuters, February 13, 2002 SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) — US agents raided a California medical marijuana club and arrested four people on Tuesday, provoking local protest as the Bush administration’s…