AAPM members named to HHS Pain Management Best Practices Inter-Agency Task Force, led by Dr. Jianguo Cheng, Dr. Rollin Gallagher, Dr. Gazelka, and Sandbrink Continue Reading
2018
2018
An AAPM study shows patient-centered opioid tapering reduces long-term opioid doses by over 50% for chronic pain patients, without increasing pain intensity. Continue Reading
AAPM researchers analyze Medicare data showing barriers for disabled patients to non-opioid pain medications vs opioids; urges policy and practice changes. Continue Reading
Opioid overdose prevention program in a CIR inpatient unit reduces opioid prescriptions and increases naloxone at discharge, promoting multimodal pain care. Continue Reading
AAPM statement on the 2018 national decline in opioid prescribing, chronic pain care, addiction, and the opioid epidemic. Continue Reading