<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7579373589295053000.post8178851986367570690..comments</id><updated>2012-02-13T09:15:23.475-06:00</updated><category term='neuropathy'/><category term='guidelines'/><category term='overdose'/><category term='naloxone'/><category term='foot pain'/><category term='NSAID'/><category term='EBPM'/><category term='death'/><category term='IBS'/><category term='side effects'/><category term='analgesic'/><category term='medication guide'/><category term='elderly'/><category term='FDA'/><category term='abdominal pain'/><category term='GI pain'/><category term='Tai Chi'/><category term='acute pain'/><category term='ergonomics'/><category term='magnetic therapies'/><category term='naltrexone'/><category term='somatization'/><category term='acetaminophen'/><category term='UDT-Urine Drug Testing'/><category term='arthritis'/><category term='knee pain'/><category term='cardiac'/><category term='morphine'/><category term='methadone'/><category term='DMARD'/><category term='exercise'/><category term='Making Sense of Pain Research'/><category term='antidepressant'/><category term='drug interactions'/><category term='migraine'/><category term='Anouncements-Warnings'/><category term='propoxyphene'/><category term='coping skills'/><category term='oxycodone'/><category term='abuse-addiction'/><category term='legal issues'/><category term='depression'/><category term='cancer pain'/><category term='black box warning'/><category term='shockwave therapy'/><category term='REMS'/><category term='interventional procedures'/><category term='complementary-alternative med'/><category term='marijuana'/><category term='suicide'/><category term='Editor&apos;s Notebook'/><category term='chronic pain'/><category term='vitamin D'/><category term='headache'/><category term='conferences'/><category term='homeopathy'/><category term='neck pain'/><category term='opioid rotation'/><category term='Tension Myositis Syndrome'/><category term='repetitive strain'/><category term='TENS'/><category term='surgery'/><category term='vertebroplasty'/><category term='hypnosis'/><category term='meditation'/><category term='yoga'/><category term='feedback'/><category term='dietary supplements'/><category term='fibromyalgia'/><category term='CRPS/RSD'/><category term='treatment agreements'/><category term='RF therapy'/><category term='Alcohol'/><category term='birth defects'/><category term='pain-and-the-brain'/><category term='massage'/><category term='pediatrics'/><category term='placebo'/><category term='obesity'/><category term='Guest Author'/><category term='shoulder pain'/><category term='laser therapy'/><category term='hyperalgesia'/><category term='_IMPORTANT INFORMATION: About These UPDATES'/><category term='fentanyl'/><category term='women-men'/><category term='liver failure'/><category term='shingles-PHN'/><category term='relaxation'/><category term='opioids'/><category term='PENS'/><category term='anticonvulsant'/><category term='buprenorphine'/><category term='language matters'/><category term='acupuncture'/><category term='back pain'/><category term='hand pain'/><category term='education/CME'/><title type='text'>Comments on Pain-Topics.org News/Research UPDATES: Pt. 2: Tales From the Trenches in the War on Pain</title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://updates.pain-topics.org/feeds/8178851986367570690/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7579373589295053000/8178851986367570690/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://updates.pain-topics.org/2011/12/pt-2-tales-from-trenches-in-war-on-pain.html'/><author><name>SB. Leavitt, MA, PhD</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11568656049984688554</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_c6OGZNS3CPQ/TE8748KQ2SI/AAAAAAAAALQ/xdXgW_bHceg/S220/SBLeavitt-sml.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>3</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7579373589295053000.post-6682842291001122291</id><published>2011-12-21T16:44:34.233-06:00</published><updated>2011-12-21T16:44:34.233-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Anonymous, the point you bring up about the danger...</title><summary type='text'>Anonymous, the point you bring up about the dangers of opioid medication being blown way out of proportion, while other, less &amp;quot;tried and true&amp;quot; choices are almost offered as a first line treatment instead, is so perceptive.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;From a pain treatment perspective right now, I am particularly concerned about the explosion (on and off label) of epilepsy type medications being used by </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7579373589295053000/8178851986367570690/comments/default/6682842291001122291'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7579373589295053000/8178851986367570690/comments/default/6682842291001122291'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://updates.pain-topics.org/2011/12/pt-2-tales-from-trenches-in-war-on-pain.html?showComment=1324507474233#c6682842291001122291' title=''/><author><name>Linda Pedigo</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12308678407644302651</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://updates.pain-topics.org/2011/12/pt-2-tales-from-trenches-in-war-on-pain.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7579373589295053000.post-8178851986367570690' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7579373589295053000/posts/default/8178851986367570690' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-674806297'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7579373589295053000.post-3562228599642747692</id><published>2011-12-21T14:28:47.920-06:00</published><updated>2011-12-21T14:28:47.920-06:00</updated><title type='text'>It is such a relief to hear some common sense with...</title><summary type='text'>It is such a relief to hear some common sense with regard to the use of opiate medication. What has troubled me about the &amp;quot;Narcotic Painkiller Overdose Epidemic!&amp;quot; (alway accompanied by an - at least implied - exclamation mark) is the lack of perspective and, frankly, just &lt;a href="http://updates.pain-topics.org/2011/11/are-opioid-pain-reliever-deaths.html" rel="nofollow"&gt;plain honesty&lt;/</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7579373589295053000/8178851986367570690/comments/default/3562228599642747692'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7579373589295053000/8178851986367570690/comments/default/3562228599642747692'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://updates.pain-topics.org/2011/12/pt-2-tales-from-trenches-in-war-on-pain.html?showComment=1324499327920#c3562228599642747692' title=''/><author><name>Anonymous</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img1.blogblog.com/img/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://updates.pain-topics.org/2011/12/pt-2-tales-from-trenches-in-war-on-pain.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7579373589295053000.post-8178851986367570690' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7579373589295053000/posts/default/8178851986367570690' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1849645360'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7579373589295053000.post-7944948668322695557</id><published>2011-12-17T02:12:29.241-06:00</published><updated>2011-12-17T02:12:29.241-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Thank you, Dr. Sachy for a compassionate and ratio...</title><summary type='text'>Thank you, Dr. Sachy for a compassionate and rational analysis of an unfortunate situation that would far too often be sensationalized instead.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is the kind of information that the man or woman on the street needs to know about the risks and benefits of opioid therapy-and how it applies to a real, suffering human being.  If their only experience was the woozy feeling of a pain </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7579373589295053000/8178851986367570690/comments/default/7944948668322695557'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7579373589295053000/8178851986367570690/comments/default/7944948668322695557'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://updates.pain-topics.org/2011/12/pt-2-tales-from-trenches-in-war-on-pain.html?showComment=1324109549241#c7944948668322695557' title=''/><author><name>Linda Pedigo</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12308678407644302651</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://updates.pain-topics.org/2011/12/pt-2-tales-from-trenches-in-war-on-pain.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7579373589295053000.post-8178851986367570690' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7579373589295053000/posts/default/8178851986367570690' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-674806297'/></entry></feed>
