What is Pain Medicine?

Pain medicine, in addition to called managing pain/pain management, is a branch of medication with the purpose of pain reduction. This type of medication covers a large range of circumstances including neuropathic pain, pain caused by certain types of cancer, postoperative pain and more.

Who can become addicted to Pain Medication?

Men and Women of all ages, particularly adolescents and more with the elderly subsequently are becoming addicted. Not only the elderly are turning to pain medication to battle the aches and pains of aging, our adolescent are experimenting through opiate-based drugs, causing the number of children and seniors in quest of treatment for addiction are on a major rise. (more…)

Opiate addiction is an insidious problem that has plagued society for centuries, but perhaps never more so than today. A two-edged sword, opiates can heal or destroy.

An opiate is any drug derived from the opium poppy plant. The main opiates are morphine, heroin, and codeine.

Thebaine and papaverine are also opiates. More commonly we see opiates in their synthetic forms: oxycodone (OxyContin, Percodan), hydrocodone (Vicodin), and hydromorphone (Dilaudid). Darvon, Demerol, and Methadone are other synthetic opiates. The majority of these drugs are used medically for pain management.

Opiates are particularly effective in suppressing pain and reducing anxiety. In sufficiently high doses, they can produce a euphoric state. For this reason, they are often used as recreational drugs. Psychological and physical dependence leading to addiction is common in frequent opiate users. The body quickly adjusts to the use of opiates such that increasingly larger doses are needed to produce the same euphoric effect. Overdosing, sometimes resulting in fatal respiratory failure, occurs when addicts take more than their body can handle.

Most opiates can be swallowed, snorted, smoked, or injected. Intravenous injection is the preferred method of longtime addicts as this method produces the quickest, most intense high. It is also a method accompanied by increased risk of infectious disease.

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Wall Street Journal article says “Top Pain Scientist Fabricated Data in Studies, Hospital Says”

“The anesthesiologist allegedly faked data in 21 studies on the use of various painkillers, including Vioxx”.
Pain is the most common symptom for which older adults, those aged 65 and older, visit their doctor. The older adult population is rapidly increasing as the baby boomers age.
Pain is often considered a silent epidemic by experts in the United States. An estimated 50 million Americans endure chronic pain caused by a disease, disorder or accident. An additional 25 million people suffer acute pain resulting from surgery or accidents.
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