When it comes to treating pain, knowing you have a problem is the first step in solving it. If you are a pain patient, you can go to the doctor or schedule a telemedicine appointment. You have options for treatment and diagnosis, but today we want to tell you about...
In the socially distanced world, we currently find ourselves living in, new concerns about how pain patients can access the medical care they need to manage and treat their pain without going to the doctor. Conventional wisdom says that if you are ill or suffering...
Nearly 65 million Americans suffer from some amount of back pain and about 16 million of them–approximately 8% of the adult population–experience chronic back pain. Back pain is considered the sixth most costly condition in the US, with health care and...
Traditionally, patients suffering from chronic pain have turned to Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs (NSAIDs), opiates, and opioids for chronic pain. Even though these substances are many times successful at reducing or blocking pain, they come with significant...
What are NSAIDs? NSAIDs (non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs) are medications that reduce inflammation and pain but do not contain steroids. In fact, many well-known pain medicines on the market today are NSAIDs. But using NSAIDs can cause serious side effects, such...
