I am so proud of my friend and colleague, Dr. Richard “Red” Lawhern, the co-founder, and Director of Research of The Alliance for Treatment of Intractable Pain (ATIP.) No pun intended, but ATIP is truly at the tip of the spear in advocating for the voiceless masses of chronic pain patients who are currently sufferingContinue reading Dr. Red Lawhern Speaks for Pain Patients at the Inter Agency Task Force on Best Practices for Pain Management
Raise Awareness in your community Try this three-step plan to raise awareness where you live! Call or email your Mayor and request an official proclamation. Provide the Mayor’s office with these “whereas clauses,” or write your own. Keep them simple and to the point. Sit back and wait for your proclamation to arrive in theContinue reading The City Proclamation: A Simple Awareness Project
How the war on opioids and RESTRICTED access to cannabis is hurting chronic pain patients Around three years ago, I chartered a cannabis education non-profit organization. At the time, I had been using cannabis for seizure control for about a year. I was using CBD which was legal in my state. I had met aContinue reading Adding Reason to Rhetoric
I feel the neuralgia of fear fire as a neuron convulses sending an electric shock pain to paralyse hope and repair. Its awful intensity ramps beyond thresholds of severity And as for reason, asking why, where and how? Know I will suffer with no easy explanation from the unkindest fervent pain. I sit in shockContinue reading Neuropathic Chronicle – a poem by Philip Cooke
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The Face Facts blog is a very large part of my vision for the Facial Pain Advocacy Alliance. Hosting a regularly updated, topical, and timely blog is critical to our ability to help those seeking information and support. At present, there are only three Face Facts blog contributors: writers Richard A. “Red” Lawhern on OpioidContinue reading Open Call for Blog Contributors
Three really is a magic number. For three weeks in March, everyone’s favorite online superstore is multiplying the donations you generate by three. From March 12th-31st, Amazon is tripling their donation rate on your first smile.amazon.com purchase. Instead of donating 0.5% of your purchase price at checkout, they will give 1.5% to the charity of your choice.Continue reading Triple Your Impact
It’s not just opioids that are getting a bad rap from the federal government and the media. There’s another remedy for chronic pain which is in peril of being banned by the FDA and classified, along with heroin, as a Schedule I drug: kratom. What Is Kratom? Kratom is a substance derived from the tropical plantContinue reading Government Ban on Kratom Still Looms Large on the Horizon
