Epidemic: Risky prescribing practices have resulted in an epidemic of opioid misuse, abuse, and harm.  Poor and outdated teaching, research and prescribing methods contribute greatly to this. “There’s been over 200,000 deaths from prescription opioids, hundreds of thousands of overdose admissions, and millions are addicted or dependent on prescription opioids.  …while some patients don’t meet the [...]

Among chronic pain patients, dependent upon the research study, between 50% and 90% of the patients report sleep problems, sleep deprivation, insomnia, restlessness, nightmares and other complaints. Some of this is naturally emerging due to the impact of pain upon the sleep cycle. Equally as often, the use of narcotics for pain creates poor sleep [...]