Natural Safe Solutions For Chronic Pain -
Safe Solutions for Chronic Pain
One of the
biggest challenged in healthcare today is the problem of pain. There are simply too many people living each
and every day with ongoing, unremitting chronic pain. And there are far too many healthcare
providers who – for a variety of reasons – are failing to adequately address
this serious problem.
Recently,
368 doctors who routinely care for patients with chronic pain agreed to take
part in a unique study. The doctors were
surveyed about the pain medicines hey prescribe, what kind of treatment goals
they hope to achieve, and how they felt about their ability to help their
patients. They were also presented with
four chronic pain vignettes or mock case studies and asked to select the best
treatment for each scenario from multiple choice answers.
Sadly, many
doctors chose the worst treatment options in the case studies. The medications they reported using in their
practices did not reflect current pain treatment standards. They tended to set low treatment goals 0
instead of aiming for a least a 75% reduction of pain for their patients, they
settled for 10% to 20% reductions. And
many of the doctors admitted they lacked confidence in their ability to relieve
their patients’ pain and suffering.
Adding to
the challenge are the almost daily news announcements about dangerous side
effects in certain pain medications.
Synthetic prescription COX-2 inhibitors, once hailed as the safest of
drugs, have been linked to heart attacks, strokes, blood clots, and intestinal
bleeding. The over-the counter (OTC)
drugs aspirin and ibuprofen kill over 16,000 people each year. And acetaminophen, the most widely used pain
reducer in the United States
is the leading cause of drug-induced liver failure.
As a doctor
specializing in chronic pain disorders, I know that optimal pain management can
be a real challenge. However, I also
know:
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