Fam Pract. 2023 Jan 19:cmad002. doi: 10.1093/fampra/cmad002. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 36656068. Conclusion Rather than assuming that patients desire pain reduction first and foremost, we …
Sullivan MD, Ballantyne JC. Understanding the Risks of Long-Term Opioid Therapy for Chronic Pain.
Am J Psychiatry. 2022 Oct;179(10):696-698. doi: 10.1176/appi.ajp.20220592. PMID: 36181333. Conclusion What is our final lesson about prescription opioid use, misuse and POUD risk? Opioid misuse …
Sullivan MD, Sturgeon JA, Lumley MA, Ballantyne JC. Reconsidering Fordyce’s classic article, “Pain and suffering: what is the unit?”
Abstract The biopsychosocial model (BPS) of chronic pain aspires to be comprehensive, incorporating psychological and social factors omitted from biomedical models. Although psychosocial factors …
Sullivan MD, Ballantyne JC. The Right to Pain Relief: Its Origins in End-of-life Care and Extension to Chronic Pain Care
Clin J Pain. 2021 Oct 26;38(1):58-63. doi: 10.1097/AJP.0000000000001000. PMID: 34699404 Abstract Objectives The claim of a right to pain relief was made in recent decades by pain professionals, …
I am presenting to an FDA meeting on opioids. I have attached 3 slides.
Four myths that helped cause the opioid epidemic
There are big reasons that Americans consume far more of these addictive painkillers than people do elsewhere. The epidemic of opioid abuse will surely go down in history as one of the greatest …
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