Tuesday-Newsday #107

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My moving date was pushed back two weeks. I’ve been collecting so much pain news that I decided to post one more Tuesday-Newsday before we pack up my computer this week. 

Hopefully this post will help keep you up-to-date with what’s going on in chronic pain news. There have been some very important articles and info, so I hope you’ll take the time to read through and not miss something vital to your pain management. 

I probably won’t be back here on my blog 

until the last week of May (at the earliest), 

but please keep checking & I'll return as soon as I can!

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Time for Tuesday-Newsday!! The Featured Blog Post this week is,  "A Caregiver’s Journey with Pain and Self-Discovery,” by John Garrett.

Let Me Know: If you’d like me to watch for articles on your pain condition, just drop me a note in the comments section below. 

WARNING:  My goal is to provide the most up-to-date news I can, which you can then take to your personal doctor and debate the merits of before you try it. I do not endorse any of the docs, treatments, info, and meds in anything I post nor can I guarantee they are all effective, especially not for everyone. As is the case with any health info, ALWAYS get your doctor's opinion first!

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*MENINGITIS OUTBREAK and Rx CONTAMINATION

Current Count: 733 Cases, 53 Deaths, Joint Infections 35

The last update was April 4 and the next will be on May 6

Proposal gives FDA control over compounding pharmacies

FDA Finds 'Unsanitary Conditions' at 30 Specialty Pharmacies

Congressional report says FDA faltered in deadly meningitis outbreak

*CHRONIC PAIN NEWS

Women in Pain: Tell Us Your Stories

National Pain Report wants to publish more first person stories from women in chronic pain

A Worried Dad: Pain Patients Need to Unite for DEA Reform

A Pained Life: Pain Patients Need to be Heard

For many, chronic pain leads to endless loop of doctors, drugs and desperation

For First Time, Pain 'Signature' Spotted on Brain MRIs: Scientists could distinguish physical from emotional pain, discomfort in study

*MEDICATION NEWS

Chronic Pain Patients, Concerned About National Cold Turkey, Submit Data Challenging FDA’s Proposed Opioid Policy

        Read the Letter and then Watch the Video 

Will Pain Patients Be Going “Cold Turkey”?

AMA Opposes Opioid-Label-Change Petition

Opioid Dose Alone May Not Influence Overdose Risk

Addiction Fears Trump Pain Relief in Poll: 

However, there are many contradictory and confusing aspects of this poll that need careful consideration

Illinois Chronic Pain Bill Will Cost Patients Proper Care, FTC Warns

Kentucky Chronic pain sufferers say new legislation to correct Pain Bill won't help

FDA Updates OxyContin Label, Blocks Generics

Warnings Ignored. Now Smack is Back, Big Time!

“...restrictions on pain reliever prescribing and abuse-deterrent formulations (has led to heroin) spreading like a cancer...” 


*FEATURED BLOG POST

A Caregiver’s Journey with Pain and Self-Discovery
by John Garrett

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