Pain Management and Addiction Medicine

Pain Management and Addiction Medicine – Safe opioid prescribing in the current regulatory environment. Russell K. Portenoy, MD Chairman and Gerald J. Friedman Chair in Pain Medicine and Palliative Care Dept. of Pain Medicine and Palliative Care Beth Israel Medical Center, New York

Race officials hope to help de-stigmatize addiction and mental illness

Filed under: pain addiction

In 2009, suffering from depression, decades of opiate addiction, and reeling from the death of a daughter, she entered La Paloma for a 30-day treatment program. "I had so much hopelessness and pain when I came in, I thought death was the only answer," …
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Gerard Butler is "glad" he went into rehab for addiction to pain medication

Filed under: pain addiction

Gerard admits he was "p***ed off" that people made assumptions he had sought help for alcoholism as his problem was with pain medication he started taking after suffering injuries in a surfing accident while shooting 'Chasing Mavericks'. He explained …
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