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Pharmacists Abigail Brooks and Courtney Kominek on health insurance, medication options, and education. How is insurance changing how practitioners treat pain?
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Two pharmacists give their views on the current climate in pain management. It's not just about the proper treatment, it's about choosing the proper treatment for this particular patient. Drs. Brooks and Kominek discuss patients, medications, and guidelines.
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Dr. Jeffrey Fudin discusses FDA and CDC guidelines for opioid prescribing. Capping may make obtaining opioids harder, which may be good for some and harmful for others.
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Practitioners use pain scores, and the labeling of pain as the 5th vital sign, to access their patient's status. But is that how it should be? Is there a better way? Do HCAHPS scores help the patient? Dr. Jeffrey Fudin offers his take on why pain scores were important, and where they stand now.
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Do patients want or expect elimination of their pain? Or is it all about getting them to function at their best? A practitioner needs to know a patient's goals, and how to help them achieve those goals. Dr. Jeffrey Fudin discusses.
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Opioids seem to be in the news daily. "They're good" vs "They're bad". If a practitioner wants to use an alternative, will insurance companies cover the cost? Dr. Jeffrey Fudin, a PharmD and a pain management specialist, on if/how health insurance companies have an effect on the opioid epidemic.
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Opioids have helped countless patients, and opioids have caused pain and addiction as well. The point is they are here, they can reduce suffering, but practitioners must know their patient's needs, and must know all alternatives. Dr. Jeffrey Fudin is a PharmD and a pain management specialist at the...
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Michael C. Barnes, an attorney who practices law with DCBA Law and Policy in Washington DC, discusses the nonadherent patient and recommends what a practitioner should do for the patient, and for themselves.
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At PAINWeek we look at topics from all sides. Here, Michael C. Barnes, an attorney who practices law with DCBA Law and Policy in Washington DC, gives his opinion on the opioid controversy, and what practitioners and patients should think about as Plan B.
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After seeing patients who have failed treatment, or treatments have failed them, David Glick has a different take on the question "Which is the ultimate goal of treatment: elimination of pain or enhancement of functionality?"