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Our way of thinking about pain must change to resolve the Opioid Crisis according to the Daily News.

Our way of thinking about pain must change to resolve the Opioid Crisis according to the Daily News. Last night I was talking to a physician friend of mine, comparing challenging cases we had recently seen.   He mentioned a patient who had diffuse pain throughout their body which was of unknown origin.   He diagnosed the patient with Polymyalgia Rhumatica which is a medical way of describing an inflammatory disorder that causes muscle pain and stiffness.  He recommended the patient take prednisone and the next day they felt improvement, as the steroid reduced the patients pain.   What I found interesting Read More »