NIH Releases a National Pain Strategy

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Today NIH Releases a National Pain Strategy

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Doesn’t look too different from the opioid reduction strategy.

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From an excellent NYT article that covers several sides of the issues, and that I had previously linked two days ago:

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But alternatives are unrealistic for some. Physical therapy is too expensive for Ms. Kubicka-Welander: she can scarcely make the rent on her home in a trailer court. Patients with a compromised liver cannot take high doses of acetaminophen. Those on blood-thinners should not use ibuprofen.

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I would add that the American Pain Society cautions against use of ibuprofen and similar NSAIDS in seniors. The risk of taking these drugs – GI bleed, heart attacks and arrhythmias  – increases with age.

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