Want to Talk With the FDA? Here’s Your Chance
By Ed Coghlan. The National Pain Report has done a number of stories recently that have received numerous comments from people complaining about the federal (and in some cases their state) government....
View ArticleChronic Pain Survey Showing Gaps in Care
By Ed Coghlan. A survey is underway to gauge the quality of care that chronic pain patients are receiving. The survey, prepared by Terri Lewis PhD and being promoted by the National Pain Report and...
View ArticleHas Your Pain Doctor Deserted You?
By Ed Coghlan. The problem of patient abandonment is growing…and perhaps accelerating – as the federal government intensifies its pressure on both the supply and the prescribing of opioid medication....
View ArticleRecruiting Pain Doctors to Speak Out
By Ed Coghlan. The developing momentum around a national protest set for September 18 is expanding—and now there’s an effort to identify more doctors who will speak out. The Don’t Punish Pain Rallies...
View ArticleChronic Pain Notes- Oregon Petition & Don’t Punish Pain Rally Reaction
By Ed Coghlan. We wanted to catch you up on a couple of items we’ve been covering at the National Pain Report. As you know, the Oregon Health Authority’s (OHA) Health Evidence Review Committee (HERC),...
View ArticleCRPS and Chronic Pain – Help Spread the Awareness!
By Staff. November is Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) awareness month, and National Pain Response is asking for those suffering from CRPS to share your stories and comments – especially stories...
View ArticleWhat Would You Tell Bernie?
By Ed Coghlan. We have a very important question for you at the end of this short story. On Thursday we ran our annual “What Are You Thankful For?” feature that asks chronic pain patients, advocates...
View ArticleWhat is Largest Chronic Pain Patient Survey Showing?
For the last several months, The National Pain Report has been promoting the efforts of Terri Lewis’ to calculate the impact of changes in chronic pain treatment on the patient population. Nearly 4,000...
View ArticleChronic Pain News and Notes
You have only a few days—until April 1st to be exact–to submit your comments on the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Pain Management Best Practices Inter-Agency Task Force draft report. We...
View ArticleDeadline for Comment Has Passed – Pain Patient Advocacy Groups Add Their Voice
The deadline for public comment on the HHS Pain Task Force draft report has passed. The 90-day period expired at midnight eastern time on Monday April 1st. Last we checked, over 3,500 responses have...
View ArticleStories from The Front – What Chronic Pain Patients Are Saying About Suicide
When our friend, Terri Lewis Ph.D., announced she was looking for data about people with chronic pain who either have considered suicide or whose family member took their own life, we thought we’d...
View ArticleFDA New Guidance on Opioids Drawing Response
The FDA’s safety announcement this week that says it has identified harm reported from sudden discontinuation of opioid pain medicines and is requiring label changes to guide prescribers on gradual,...
View ArticleA Chronic Pain Patient Is Looking for An Answer—Do You Have One?
Editor’s Note: At the National Pain Report we receive emails from people asking questions, pitching stories and opining on the issues of the day. But when I read the following this week from a chronic...
View ArticleNational Pain Report Editor to be Interviewed
The U.S. Pain Foundation will feature National Pain Report CEO and Editor Ed Coghlan for an interview on Thursday September 5 at 1pm Eastern Daylight Time. The interview will be part of U.S. Pain...
View ArticleLooking Forward to Talking About Pain on Thursday
Personally, I’m very much looking forward to a discussion with the pain community this Thursday. The U.S. Pain Foundation has asked me, as editor of the National Pain Report, to participate in a...
View ArticleTalking About Pain Event a Success
We had a very good conversation about chronic pain, the opioid controversy, federal and state governments, how to effectively advocate and the National Pain Report on Thursday. We participated in a...
View ArticlePain Awareness Month Ends – What Comes Next?
As Pain Awareness Month comes to a close, it’s fair to say that the chronic pain community is aware—understanding that the U.S. health care system is not living up to promises that patients feel should...
View ArticleHow I Describe Chronic Pain
Last week, we challenged the readers of the National Pain Report to describe their chronic pain in two sentences. We received many dozens of comments—all of which were heart felt, some of which were...
View ArticleTell the FDA There is an Urgent Need for New Options for Pain
At the U.S. Pain Foundation, we often send out notifications to the pain community about opportunities to take action on pain-related issues at the federal level. Most people, if they are anything like...
View ArticleNational Pain Report Says Goodbye
It is classically a bittersweet moment for those of us at the National Pain Report. We are saying “Goodbye”. When we started this idea nearly a decade ago, we asked ourselves a question: “Is there...
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