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Are People In Pain Committing Suicide For Lack of Opioids? When people in severe pain are denied access to effective pain meds, it's a travesty! Are pain patients dying because of a lack of opioids? By Joe Graedon, The People's Perspective on Medicine, June 29, 2021 35 Comments https://www.peoplespharmacy.com/articles/are-people-in-pain-committing-suicide-for-lack-of-opioids

Are People In Pain Committing Suicide For Lack of Opioids?

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"Nearly 40 per cent of pain patients had considered suicide, and 5 per cent had made an attempt."

"Nearly 40 per cent of pain patients had considered suicide, and 5 per cent had made an attempt." "In a November 2019 Chronic Pain Association of Canada report, though, 47 per cent of respondents said they had been forced to reduce their pain medication against their will. In...See more

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Suicides And Profits Of Chronic Pain Patients

Big Pharma Stands To Lose $18.5 Billion If All 50 States Legalize Medical Marijuana {1} While Cannabis is legal in California, most doctors refuse to prescribe narcotic pain medications if a patient is using Cannabis {4} and tests positive for Cannabis. Go figure what MIGHT...See more

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One in 10 Suicides Linked to Chronic Pain By Pat Anson, PNN Editor Pain News Network, September 12, 2018 https://www.painnewsnetwork.org/stories/2018/9/12/one-in-10-suicides-linked-to-chronic-pain

One in 10 Suicides Linked to Chronic Pain — Pain News Network

By Pat Anson, PNN Editor The nation’s suicide rate has been climbing steadily for over a decade and so have the number of suicides associated with chronic pain, according to a groundbreaking study by researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The researchers looked at over 123

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The Best Cannabis Strains for Pain? By Bailey Rahn, Leafly https://www.leafly.com/news/strains-products/best-cannabis-strains-for-treating-pain

The best cannabis strains for pain

One of the most common applications for medical marijuana is pain, whether it’s inflammation, headaches, neuropathic pain, muscle soreness, spinal injury, fibromyalgia, or cramps.

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#chronicpain #chronicpainmanagement Supreme Court Sets Higher Bar for Prosecuting Doctors Who Prescribe Opioids for Pain By Jeffrey A. Singer, CATO At Liberty, June 27, 2022 https://www.cato.org/blog/scotus-vacates-appeals-court-decision-ruan-vs-united-states-america?fbclid=IwAR1ONHzqFo2JWbhZwDlxE8_tWMrXPwYLvqNCL55ZLf_PoOSE4TlYz5x_Cfk

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Good General Background Info but actually an "Incomplete Guide" as it does not mention things like ketamine, Kraton nor CBD's and or others In Reference: A Complete Guide to Non-Narcotic Pain Medications: NSAIDs, Topicals, and TipsWritten by Ross Phan, PharmD, BCACP, BCGP, BCPS | Reviewed by Christina Aungst, PharmD Good Rx Health, Updated on April 26, 2022 https://www.goodrx.com/conditions/pain/non-opioid-options-pain-relief-how-to-choose

6 Non-Narcotic Pain Medications, Plus Tips for Pain Relief

Non-narcotic pain medications help you manage pain without the side effects of opioids. Here are options for non-opioid pain relief, from over-the-counter NSAIDs to prescriptions.

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A New Study Finds That Reducing Pain Medication Is Associated With an Increased Risk of Overdose and Suicide The study highlights the dangers that government-encouraged "tapering" poses to patients on long-term opioid therapy. By JACOB SULLUM, Reason, Aug 6 2021 https://reason.com/2021/08/06/a-new-study-finds-that-reducing-pain-medication-is-associated-with-an-increased-risk-of-overdose-and-suicide/?fbclid=IwAR1nDXqILzVKfCEp_cIbzhBFuqE8ZtT9WfVmz8BFM6gDdcuF46IYsPAdzek

A New Study Finds That Reducing Pain Medication Is Associated With an Increased Risk of Overdose and Suicide

The study highlights the dangers that government-encouraged "tapering" poses to patients on long-term opioid therapy.

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Overdose, opioid treatment admissions and prescription opioid pain reliever relationships: United States, 2010–2019 Authors: Larry Aubry1 and B. Thomas Carr2 1Independent Researcher, Hampshire, IL, United States 2Carr Consulting, Wilmette, IL, United States Received: 26 February 2022; Accepted: 11 July 2022; Published: 04 August 2022. POLICY AND PRACTICE REVIEWS article Front. Pain Res., 04 August 2022 https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpain.2022.884674/full?fbclid=IwAR3kyYLqiFYj2lELqJ_veVWZpWiVDx86XQnQWm3xHi9HbDRpL79oziNZ3Ik

Overdose, opioid treatment admissions and prescription opioid pain reliever relationships: United States, 2010–2019

Background“As part of the U.S. government's urgent response to the epidemic of overdose deaths (1)” the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued the “CDC Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain-United States, 2016 (2)” (guideline) followed by the “CDC Clinical...

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Big Pharma and Biostitutes: Corporate Media Ignore Root Cause of Opioid Crisis Via Ptoject Censored, March 23, 2018 https://www.projectcensored.org/big-pharma-biostitutes-corporate-media-ignore-root-cause-opioid-crisis/

Big Pharma and Biostitutes: Corporate Media Ignore Root Cause of Opioid Crisis - Validated Independent News

64,000 people died of drug overdose in the year 2016—80% due to opioid drugs. Government officials say that the crisis is finally getting Washington’s

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Opinion The war on opioids is saving lives. But it’s also killing people like me. By John Heubusch Washington Post, March 27, 2019 https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-war-on-opioids-is-saving-lives-but-its-also-killing-people-like-me/2019/03/27/cea00af6-50c2-11e9-a3f7-78b7525a8d5f_story.html

Opinion | The war on opioids is saving lives. But it’s also killing people like me.

Though the government can regulate prescriptions for those in need, it cannot regulate pain.

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Newly Discovered Painkiller Drug Is Surprisingly Potent And Non-Addictive Given the clear risks of opioids, the need for new, safe, and potent pain-killing drugs is enormous #opioids #chronicpain By TOM HALE Senior Journalist IFL Science, July 22 2022 https://www.iflscience.com/newly-discovered-painkiller-drug-is-surprisingly-potent-and-non-addictive-64571?fbclid=IwAR3zPBKA0IUjWkKFkd4sqTFpHQfvIxi84NCe1V8AwW6nAv3YqUloKD71aE0

Newly Discovered Painkiller Drug Is Surprisingly Potent And Non-Addictive

Given the clear risks of opioids, the need for new, safe, and potent pain-killing drugs is enormous.

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