Tuesday, December 11, 2018

Don’t Put All Chronic Pain Patients in the Same Basket

Don’t Put All Chronic Pain Patients in the Same Basket: By Carol Levy, PNN Columnist I recently read an article in KevinMD . The author, a family doctor in Maine, wrote about the need for more behavioral (mental) health treatment in primary care settings: “We are doing that with chronic pain. Any patient who needs ongoing pain medication is required

Monday, October 22, 2018

A Pained Life: Torn Between Hope and Fear

A Pained Life: Torn Between Hope and Fear: By Carol Levy, PNN Columnist Tonight, I feel like the character Pushmi-pullyu from Doctor Dolittle. You know, the animal that has a head at both ends; one head pulling to go to the right, the other head raring to go to the left. I’m also feeling torn between hope and fear.