By Richard A. Lawhern, Ph.D. as published in the National Pain Report. This is edited from a letter sent to 25 legislative assistants of sitting members of the Senate Judiciary Committee. Â As of one week later, not one of them had responded to it. Dear Senate Staffer: It is likely that the December 17th articleContinue reading An Open Letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee
ATIP is a collaboration of pain patient advocates and activists calling for the immediate withdrawal of the guidelines published by US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention regarding prescription of opiates to adult non-cancer, chronic pain patients. The grounds for this challenge include exceptionally poor science, professional bias, and known harms to patients and doctors inContinue reading Alliance for the Treatment of Intractable Pain
Psychiatry Gone Astray There still seems to be quite a bit of public controversy surrounding claims and counter-claims for the efficacy of anti-depressive and other psychotropic medications. In a recent blog, Dr. David Healy — a psychiatrist, psychopharmacologist, scientist and author of over 150 peer-reviewed articles — shows that this controversy is largely artificial, byContinue reading RED’S CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE GLOBAL SUMMIT ON DIAGNOSTIC ALTERNATIVES
Facial Pain Awareness Ribbon I am a Facial Pain Warrior I love a Facial Pain Warrior I am a Trigeminal Neuralgia Warrior I Love a Trigeminal Neuralgia Warrior I am a Geniculate Neuralgia Warrior I Love a Geniculate Neuralgia Warrior I am a Glossopharyngeal Neuralgia Warrior I Love a Glossopharyngeal Neuralgia Warrior I am aContinue reading Profile Overlays from Facial Pain Awareness Month 2017
BUTTERNUT SQUASH APPLE SOUP 5 Tbsp butter 1 Onion, chopped (If onions increase your pain, omit the onion) 3 Apples, peeled and chopped 2 Russet potatoes, chopped Salt and pepper to taste 1 small butternut squash, peeled and chopped ½ cup apple cider 4 cups chicken broth 2 cups cheddar cheese (If cheese increases yourContinue reading Recipes from Facial Pain Awareness Month 2017
