US Opioid Policy Is “Looking for Love in All the Wrong Places”
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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
What Was Said or Missed in the FDA Opioid Policy Steering Committee Hearings? by Richard A Lawhern, Ph.D., as published in National Pain Report. Many years ago, a stand-up comic named Shelly Berman helped to immortalize a riddle told by Zen masters. “What is the sound of one hand clapping?” can have many answers. OneContinue reading What Is the Sound of One Hand Clapping?
What Was Said or Missed in the FDA Opioid Policy Steering Committee Hearings? by Richard A Lawhern, Ph.D., as published in National Pain Report. Many years ago, a stand-up comic named Shelly Berman helped to immortalize a riddle told by Zen masters. “What is the sound of one hand clapping?” can have many answers. OneContinue reading What is the Sound of One Hand Clapping?