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The War On Pain, Law Enforcement versus Medicine?

By Robert David, Esq.

When it comes to chronic pain, the current DEA war on pain management leads to a question: How much authority should the DEA have over the treatment of patients? According to the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons, ?If you?re thinking about getting into pain management using opioids as appropriate: DON?T. Forget what you learned in medical school ? drug agents [from the DEA] now set medical standards.? For more on this click: here. Chronic pain, pain that lasts longer than 24 hours, affects approximately 25 percent of the U.S. population, that is 76 million people, according to the National Centers For Health Statisitics. Of those that reported chronic pain, 43% reported that pain has persisted longer than a year. More than 26 million people report having persistent back pain...continue to full post

Full post as published by Health Care Fraud Blog on March 10, 2010 (boomark / email).