American Pain Foundation Calls It Quits
The American Pain Foundation, a non-profit organization that came under fire for its ties to the pharmaceutical industry, has abruptly ceased operations. “With deep regret and heavy hearts, we sadly...
View ArticleDemise of American Pain Foundation Can Help End the Opioid Lunacy
In the lunacy of the over-prescribing of opioids for all levels of pain in the U.S. and Canada, there is now a large dose of sanity. That sanity is an organization called Physicians for Responsible...
View ArticleSenate Probe Targets Drug Makers, Pain Organizations and Pain Physicians
A U.S. Senate investigation of the pharmaceutical industry targets some of the nation’s most prominent drug makers, medical organizations and pain physicians who advocate the use of narcotic...
View ArticleLiving with Pain: I Never Shilled for Pharma
I am writing in response to Marianne Skolek’s column of May 9, published in the American News Report. Contrary to Skolek’s report, Dr. Andrew Kolodny, the president of Physicians for Responsible Opioid...
View ArticleHead of Pain Society says Furor over Addiction Hurting Patients and Fundraising
Roger B. Fillingim, PhD, professor and director, Pain Research and Intervention Center of Excellence at the University of Florida, recently became president of the American Pain Society(APS). About...
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