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Neurologist pleads not guilty to sexually abusing patients

By TOM HAYSOctober 21, 2021 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — A neurologist pleaded not guilty Thursday to federal charges alleging he was a serial sexual abuser of women who had gone to him for help with debilitating, chronic pain.

Dr. Ricardo Cruciani entered the plea in federal court in Manhattan, prosecutors said.

Health department lists conditions for medical marijuana

July 1, 2021 GMT

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — The South Dakota Department of Health has compiled a preliminary list of health conditions that will be covered by the state's medical marijuana program.

The list includes AIDS, HIV, Lou Gehrig's disease, multiple sclerosis, Crohn's disease, epilepsy and seizures, glaucoma, post-traumatic stress disorder and cancer associated with severe or chronic pain, nausea or severe vomiting, or cachexia or severe wasting.

What Is “CBD Oil For Pain” CBD Oil: Solution Chronic Pain

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Organic Green CBD Review: Is OrganicGreen Hemp CBD Oil Safe?

November 3, 2020 GMT

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There is a press release, dated November 1, 2020, concerning the formula. According to the press release, “Nowadays chronic diseases, cancer, cardiovascular disorders have become so popular that people have been finding ways to cure such diseases in a natural way.

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UNH gets grant to design programs to help avoid opioids

August 16, 2020 GMT

DURHAM, N.H. (AP) — The University of New Hampshire has received a grant for nearly $1 million to provide free online resources and in-person workshops to help people manage chronic pain and avoid the pitfalls of addictive opioids...

Kentucky bill to legalize medical marijuana advances

By BRUCE SCHREINERFebruary 12, 2020 GMT

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — After years of setbacks, medical marijuana advocates in Kentucky gained momentum Wednesday when a House committee overwhelmingly approved a bill to legalize medical cannabis...

Minnesota OKs medical cannabis for chronic pain, eye disease

December 2, 2019 GMT

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota is expanding the state’s medical marijuana program to include chronic pain and age-related macular degeneration as conditions that can qualify for treatment, state health officials said Monday...

US urges shared decisions with pain patients taking opioids

By CARLA K. JOHNSONOctober 10, 2019 GMT

U.S. health officials again warned doctors Thursday against abandoning chronic pain patients by abruptly stopping their opioid prescriptions...

Panel recommends allowing medical marijuana for chronic pain

September 27, 2019 GMT

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut is moving closer to adding two more medical conditions to the list of ailments eligible for medical marijuana...

New York inmates sue over prison crackdown on painkillers

By RYAN TARINELLISeptember 4, 2019 GMT

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A group of inmates is suing the New York state prison system over its efforts to crack down on prescription drug abuse, saying they are being forced to live with chronic pain because some medications have become too difficult to get behind bars...

Doctors debate whether chronic pain reason for medical pot

July 6, 2019 GMT

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A state board is divided over whether to add "chronic pain" as one of the approved conditions for registration in Connecticut's medical marijuana program...

Eastern Shoshone Tribe files lawsuit against opioid makers

June 13, 2019 GMT

CASPER, Wyo. (AP) — The Eastern Shoshone Tribe in Wyoming has joined a growing list of municipalities and groups nationwide in suing the makers and distributers of prescription painkillers...

US warns docs not to abruptly halt opioid pain treatment

By MATTHEW PERRONEApril 9, 2019 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. health officials Tuesday warned doctors not to abruptly stop prescribing opioid painkillers to patients who are taking them for chronic pain ailments, such as backaches.

The Food and Drug Administration said it will add advice to labels on how to taper opioid painkillers, such as OxyContin, Vicodin and dozens of generic pills.

Chronic pain given as top reason for using medical marijuana

By CARLA K. JOHNSONFebruary 4, 2019 GMT

Chronic pain is the most common reason people give when they enroll in state-approved medical marijuana programs...

5 Tips for Coping with Chronic Pain

Staff WriterDecember 8, 2018 GMT

( Family Features ) Pain can impact nearly every aspect of your daily life from cleaning the house to going to work or playing with your kids. In fact, according to the Institute of Medicine, 100 million Americans, or more than 30 percent of the population of the United States, suffer from chronic pain, which is pain lasting 3-6 months or longer.

Oregon task force backs controversial opioid plan

December 6, 2018 GMT

BEND, Ore. (AP) — An Oregon proposal to expand alternative treatments for certain chronic pain conditions while limiting the use of opioids has moved forward with minimal changes, despite outcries from chronic pain patients and criticism from pain experts across the country...

Kentucky attorney general announces 8th opioid lawsuit

October 25, 2018 GMT

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky Attorney General Andy Beshear has sued a pharmaceutical company, accusing it of contributing to the state's opioid epidemic.

Beshear says he has sued Pennsylvania-based Teva for marketing its products to treat chronic pain despite the drugs being approved for treating pain in cancer patients.

Opioid regulations worry chronic pain patients, doctors

By KATIE FAIRBANKSSeptember 22, 2018 GMT

LONGVIEW, Wash. (AP) — For more than 10 years, Shannon Greenwood took 16 opioid pills a day for her chronic pain...

NIH: Disability as common with chronic pain as with some other illness

Amanda CudaSeptember 5, 2018 GMT

About 11 million adults nationwide have high-impact chronic pain — characterized by pain lasting for three months or longer, and resulting in at least one major activity restriction. And a new study by the National Institutes of Health shows that disability is as likely for those who have suffered chronic pain as it is for patients of kidney failure, emphysema or stroke.

Chronic pain patients says they’re ‘treated like criminals’

BY CATHY DYSONAugust 19, 2018 GMT

FREDERICKSBURG, Va. (AP) — When the former nonprofit director_a woman with a master's degree in social work_moved from North Carolina to Spotsylvania County last fall, she brought detailed medical records about her chronic pain and the opioids she takes to treat them...

Relievant Medsystems settles into Twin Cities, sees big promise for back treatment

By Joe CarlsonJune 30, 2018 GMT

Chronic lower back pain is one of the most common complaints that sends people to the doctor, yet finding effective treatments remains surprisingly complex.

Relievant Medsystems, a California medical device company that is setting up headquarters in the Twin Cities, said millions of chronic pain cases can be traced to an obscure nerve inside the spine bones called the basivertebral nerve.

In opioid crisis, finding balance between pain and addiction

By BINGHUI HUANG, CAROL THOMPSON, LAURIE MASON SCHROEDER and PAMELA LEHMANApril 21, 2018 GMT

ALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Dr. Kenneth Choquette knows the kind of chronic pain his patients endure every day...

An effective alternative to opioids for many

Carl NoeMarch 13, 2018 GMT

As the opioid epidemic spreads, Texas is taking important steps, from improved monitoring of prescription painkillers to expanded programs to treat addiction.

But as a doctor who regularly sees patients suffering from chronic pain, I don’t believe this crisis can be solved until we educate more physicians and the public about real alternatives to these addictive pills.

Over-the-counter meds better at pain treatment than opioids, new study finds

Jenny DeamMarch 9, 2018 GMT

Powerful and potentially addictive opioid drugs — often the go-to medication by doctors treating chronic pain —are actually less effective than common over-the-counter remedies such as Tylenol or prescription strength topical analgesics, according to a new study.

Prescription opioids fail rigorous new test for chronic pain

By LINDSEY TANNERMarch 6, 2018 GMT

CHICAGO (AP) — A yearlong study offers rigorous new evidence against using prescription opioids for chronic pain...

Chronic pain sufferers plead for nuanced approach to opioids

By JUSTINE GRIFFINFebruary 24, 2018 GMT

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Will Michele Jacobovitz get out of bed today?

That depends on how many painkillers she has left in her monthly prescription, which sometimes she's forced to ration...

Stuck in an opioids crisis, officials turn to acupuncture

By JENNIFER McDERMOTT, DAKE KANG and MIKE STOBBEFebruary 20, 2018 GMT

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Marine veteran Jeff Harris was among the first to sign up when the Providence VA hospital started offering acupuncture for chronic pain...

Startup wants to bring back Vioxx for hemophilia joint pain

By LINDA A. JOHNSONNovember 21, 2017 GMT

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Could there be a second life for the once-popular arthritis pill Vioxx? A startup pharmaceutical company hopes so...

Could a Buzz Trick Your Brain, and Relieve Chronic Pain? (VIDEO)

By Rick Sobey, rsobey@lowellsun.comOctober 29, 2017 GMT

WALTHAM -- Chronic-pain sufferers live in your neighborhood.

About one of three Americans experience daily chronic pain, as tens of millions descend upon doctors' offices to receive scripts for prescription pills.

Deep tissue massage has many benefits

Dr. Jane Riley - Train with Dr. JaneJune 11, 2017 GMT

Deep tissue massage is a specific genre of massage that focuses on the deep layers of muscle and fascia (the dense connective tissue that surrounds muscle fibers and supports other body tissues in the body).

Chronic pain considered for medical marijuana use in New Jersey

February 22, 2017 GMT

By Staff

Chronic pain may be added to the list of ailments that qualify for medical marijuana in New Jersey, according to the chairman of an advisory health department panel that took emotional testimony from patients on Wednesday in a crowded meeting room at the War Memorial building in Trenton.