Tuesday-Newsday #192

Time for Tuesday-Newsday -- just a little late! The Featured Blog Posts this week are all related to living better with chronic pain/illness.

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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*MEDICATION NEWS

Sign Petition to support Congressional Bill to prevent patients from being charged exorbitant co-pays & provide greater access to most effective Rx

Researchers Develop New Painkiller from Lidocaine, called Boronicaine

Survey: Most Pain Patients Don't Abuse Painkillers

Urine Drug Test Often Gives False Results

Doctor Defends Use of Urine Drug Tests

When Drug Tests Go Wrong: Woman kicked out of pain clinic for failed urine tests claims she did nothing wrong

Pain Patriots Salute Honest Florida Journalist

Pain sufferer starts website to push back against pharmacies & DEA denying pain patients their medications and you can visit his site here: PainCareisLegal.com

*CHRONIC PAIN NEWS

Summer Camp for Kids with Chronic Pain to be held in July

Women React to Chronic Pain Insomnia Link

Dopamine May Help Shed Light on Contributing Factors in Chronic Pain

*MILITARY VETERANS’ PAIN 

Tricare now screening compound medications since May 1st

CBS News investigation has found American troops and veterans are being prescribed dubious drugs that cost taxpayers hundreds of millions dollars

Doctors seen as "complicit" in costly abuse of military health benefit system

Alert: Scam phone calls to Tricare beneficiaries

opinion: Compound medications can benefit patients

Lawmakers want DoD, VA pharmacies to match meds

DoD rejects Tricare reform

Acupuncture Helping Reduce Use of Pain Killers

Veterans decrease pain with alternative medicine

For troops & vets IDEO brace designed to alleviate the debilitating chronic pain of traumatic lower leg injuries

Local vets turn to Celluma light therapy for pain relief

Veteran’s pain-remedying tea wins business plan contest

Sleep problems prevalent for military members

VA and Congress work to change VA Choice eligibility

VFW Says VA Choice Program Shows Improvement, But More Work Needed

VA to offer one-stop website for Vets to manage their benefits, apply for doctors' appts, and determine their eligibility for programs

Senator calls for VA suicide hotline to be investigated for leaving veterans stranded during high-volume call periods

New VA scandal: CBS News finds thousands of vets' benefit claims discarded

*COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROME (CRPS) / RSD

CRPS Conference in June in Denver

New U.S. Clinical Trial of Neridronate seeking patients

'Placebo therapy' ineffective for long-term chronic pain relief

Complex Regional Pain Syndrome: Pathophysiology, Diagnosis, and Treatment

Pediatric complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) can be treated using Calmare scrambler therapy

Boy with CRPS inspires others to be Ferocious Fighters!

Nominate a child with CRPS for a Feroious Fighters care package

Algonquin teen sings -- positively -- about her chronic pain

Woman has legs amputated after suffering a scratch after a fall and developing CRPS

RSDSA launches new, user-friendly website and blog to help the CRPS Community

RSDSA News - Winter 2015 issue

Burning for a Cure internet radio show

*FEATURED BLOG POSTS

Even if a Featured Blog Post is written specifically with emphasis on one chronic pain condition, it may still have information and ideas which can help people with any type of chronic pain/illness. I always select posts which I think can provide help for the widest audience.

How do I increase my sense of self-empowerment? (AWAP Wednesday)

by Jenni Prokopy, editrix of ChronicBabe

14 Tips from 14 Years Sick: Making the best of 14 years of chronic pain and illness 

by Toni Bernhard J.D.

The 7 Best Tips to Manage the Ups and Downs of Your Pain 

by Jan Sadler of Painsupport.co.uk