Prescribers and the public have been misinformed about the risk of addiction when chronic pain is treated with opioids. This has led to overprescribing of opioids and the worst drug epidemic in U.S. history.
Videos
Effectiveness of Opioids for Chronic Pain
Despite low-quality evidence supporting practice change, use of opioids for chronic pain increased dramatically over the past two decades. Concurrently, there has been a sharp increase in opioid analgesic overdose deaths, addiction, misuse and diversion.
A Former OxyContin Patient Shares Her Story
Lauren struggled for years with chronic pain flare ups which were managed well with occasional use of a low dose opioid. Things changed for Lauren when a pain specialist started her on round-the-clock use of an extended-release opioid (OxyContin).
Congressional Hearing on Veterans’ “Skyrocketing” Use of Opioids
Best Advice for People Taking Opioid Medication
This 11-minute video by Dr. Mike Evans is great for both patients and clinicians.
OxyContin Poster Children 15 Years Later
This video tells the story of two chronic pain patients who were treated with OxyContin. They served as model patients in videos produced by the company that makes OxyContin. At first, OxyContin worked well for them. But eventually they were […]