Pain Management in Lyme Disease
Lyme disease is spread through the bite of infected blacklegged ticks, also known as deer ticks. Ticks can attach to any part of the human body, but tend to reach areas that are difficult to see such...
View ArticleSafe Alternative Therapies for Post-traumatic Stress Disorder
Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) can occur after a person has been through a traumatic event, such as combat exposure, a terror attack, a serious accident, a natural disaster, or sexual or...
View ArticleAlternatives to Opioid Pain Medications for Injured Workers
Workplace injuries affect approximately 4.1 million Americans annually (1) . More than half of these injured individuals will have to miss work and receive long-term medical care. Worker’s...
View ArticleAlternative Therapies for Pain Associated with Peripheral Neuropathy
Diabetic neuropathy can occur when people with diabetes develop nerve damage. Most commonly, the peripheral nerves of the feet are affected first, causing numbness, cramps, loss of balance, extreme...
View ArticleThe Dangers of NSAIDs
The most commonly prescribed drugs for pain are Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs). Approximately 98 million prescriptions for NSAIDs were filled in the United States in 2012 [IMS 2012]...
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Safer Options for Pain Management
Pain is complex and there are several treatment options to choose from depending on the type of pain you are experiencing including medications, therapies and mind-body techniques. The most common...
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The Problem with Prescription Pain Killers
Pain is a big deal. On one level, it’s very useful. It tells us when there’s something wrong, and is pretty efficient at giving us a handy indication when what we’re doing may not be particularly good...
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Is Your OTC Pain Reliever Going to Kill You?
Although acetaminophen (Tylenol) is heavily marketed for its safety, FDA recommends health care professionals to discontinue prescribing and dispensing drug products with more than 325 mg of...
View ArticlePrescription Drug Overdose Deaths on the Rise
The Trust for America’s Health, a nonprofit organization, reported that in 2013 over 44,000 Americans died as a result of drug overdose. Drug overdoses have been rising since 2009, despite federal and...
View ArticleEveryday Medications that Increase the Risk of Heart Attack
Data out of Stanford University suggest that Proton Pump Inhibitors (PPI’s) such as Prilosec, Prevacid, and Nexium are associated with a higher risk of heart attack. Published in the journal PLOS One...
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