Medicine Needs to Do Right by Patients Prescribed Opioids

April 20, 2022

(STAT News) – That changed when, one day while exercising, I heard a loud click in my back and the metal bar I was holding with 200 pounds of weights came crashing down on my chest, pinning me to the bench. Fourteen years later, I am still living with the aftermath of that incident. While I initially feared that this injury would end my medical career, it has gone on to indelibly shape how I view others in affliction, giving me hard-won insights into the plight of the 50 million Americans living with chronic pain, many of whom the medical establishment has harmed through acts of both commission and omission. (Read More)