APA Calls for Better Training to Treat Chronic Pain, Addiction Among Vets

Published December 28, 2013

APA Calls for Better Training to Treat Chronic Pain, Addiction Among Vets
Pain management, addiction detection, and effective treatment are significant priorities for the nation's veterans, and these objectives require better coordination of opioid and benzodiazepine prescribing inside and outside the Veterans Health …
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Will I become addicted to the pain medications I may need during my cancer …
Memorial Sloan-Kettering physician Natalie Moryl specializes in treating pain and other cancer-related symptoms. She says concern over opioid addiction has been a longstanding barrier to controlling pain effectively in cancer patients. In almost all …
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In R.I., ex-addicts to get medical advocates
A new program called Health Homes, which recently won federal approval, aims to prevent situations like this — by helping people in treatment for opioid addiction get care for other medical conditions. Financed by a higher federal reimbursement to the …
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