Arthritis and Ankylosing Spondylitis

Arthritis and Ankylosing Spondylitis

Ankylosing spondylitis is a type of arthritis that affects the spine. Ankylosing spondylitis symptoms include pain and stiffness from the neck down to the lower back. The spine's bones (vertebrae) may grow or fuse together, resulting in a rigid spine. These changes may be mild or severe, and may lead to a stooped-over posture. Early diagnosis and treatment helps control pain and stiffness and may reduce or prevent significant deformity.

What Are the Symptoms of Ankylosing Spondylitis?

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Topic: Prickly Painkiller An experimental plant extract may end intractable pain with a single injection

Topic: Prickly Painkiller An experimental plant extract may end intractable pain with a single injection

Although medicine has advanced far enough to treat basic headaches, strained muscles and the agony of having a cavity filled, inflammatory pain—the kind that results from osteoarthritis, bone cancer and back injuries—has proved to be a far more elusive target. Current remedies, including morphine and other opiates, flood all
the nerves of the body, causing dangerous side effects. More localized
remedies, such as steroid injections, wear off over time. Recently researchers
have begun working with a toxin found in a Moroccan cactuslike plant that may
be able to deliver permanent, local pain relief with a single injection. To Read More, Please go to: http://www.drpattysnewcipaywarondrugswebsite.net/apps/forums/topics/show/12631753-prickly-painkiller-an-experimental-plant-extract-may-end-intractable-pain-with-a-single-injection

Dr Patty's Chronic-Intractable Pain And You (CIPAY) - Google+ - Living with Pain: PROP’s Misleading Petition July 30th,…

Dr Patty's Chronic-Intractable Pain And You (CIPAY) - Google+ - Living with Pain: PROP’s Misleading Petition July 30th,…



Living with Pain: PROP’s Misleading Petition

July 30th, 2012 by Mark Maginn, Columnist

Last week the Physicians for Responsible Opioid Prescribing, along with a group of doctors and public health officials, sent a petition to the Food and Drug Administration requesting changes in labeling for opioid analgesics.

For over a decade pharmaceutical companies that manufacture opioid analgesics have said that their products are safe and effective when taken under the supervision of a physician. The petition states that those claims are flawed at best and that the increase in prescriptions for these medicines has led to a corresponding rise in addiction, overdose and accidental death.

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Topic: Question: What is addiction, and how is it possible that I won’t become addicted if I take pain medication?

Topic: Question: What is addiction, and how is it possible that I won’t become addicted if I take pain medication?



Question: What is addiction, and how is it possible that I won’t become addicted if I take pain medication?

Addiction is a complex disease. It involves the body and the mind. Addiction is very misunderstood by those of us who work in medicine, as well as by our patients and our society at large. There are many myths and misconceptions about addiction, causing a great deal of fear and anxiety, some of which is warranted, but much of which is not.

Addiction is defined differently by many different medical, religious and social organizations. One of the key elements that we do know clearly defines addiction is that it is a biological, psychological and sociological phenomenon.

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Topic: Who's At Risk for Narcotic Abuse?

Topic: Who's At Risk for Narcotic Abuse?

Who's At Risk for Narcotic Abuse?

Patients with chronic pain may be helped by strong pain relievers such as narcotics referred to as opioids. An opioid is a chemical substance that acts like morphine in the body. But these medications can be addictive, so there's some concern about misuse and abuse.

In this study, researchers from the University of Washington reviewed articles from 1966 to 2007. They were looking for ways to predict who might be at risk for opioid misuse and/or abuse. Having this information would help physicians prescribe opioids. The goal is to help doctors choose patients who can benefit from this drug who are not at-risk for addiction.....
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Addiction and Chronic Pain

Addiction and Chronic Pain: Chronic pain, especially chronic pain unrelated to cancer, is notoriously under-treated. In 1999, the American Pain Society surveyed 805 people who had chronic pain about the adequacy of treatment they received from their physicians.1 More than 50% of the survey respondents had been in pain for more than five years, and more than 40% ......Please go to http://www.drpattysnewcipaywarondrugswebsite.net/apps/forums/topics/show/12567813-addiction-and-chronic-pain to view the rest.