Opioids. “Good.” “Bad.” The opinion pendulum swings, sometimes too far in either direction. Steve Passik, PhD, offers his opinion on how to find a balance.
About 10 years ago I wrote a paper with Ken Kirsh and Howard Heit about how every stakeholder from the clinician to the patient, to the media, to law enforcement, regulators, could all...
The opioid pendulum has been swinging back and forth since opium was first extracted from the poppy: is this something that helps people, or is it the devil incarnate? And in our debates...
In this 2-part segment, Dr. Passik discusses some of the lessons learned during and following the Decade of Pain Control and Research, and implications for the appropriate engagement of opioid therapy in chronic noncancer pain management. Click...