Pain Relief Network

Feb 8, 2005
By: Jane E. Brody
The New York Times
Total knee replacement is now one of the nation’s leading orthopedic operations, and it promises to become even more popular as the population ages (and grows heavier) and the body’s most vulnerable joints fail to withstand the punishment of decades of use and abuse.
Debilitating wear-and-tear arthritis is […]

Feb 7, 2005.
By: Andis Robeznieks
AMNews
DEA seeks comments on pain med question
Pain medicine experts seek balance in policies on prescribing controlled substances.
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration is preparing a document that will address its role as defined by the Controlled Substances Act. The DEA has invited physicians and others to submit comments on what they would […]

Feb 2, 2005
By: Maline Hazle
Redding Record Searchlight (CA)
Six years after state agents raided his medical clinic in Anderson, Dr. Frank Fisher’s legal problems appear to have ended with the quiet dismissal of the last of four wrongful death suits against him.
The dismissal papers were filed late Monday in Shasta County Superior Court and delivered to […]

Feb 2, 2005Author UnknownAmerican Pain Society
Chronic pain as defined by this study is a severe and ever present problem. It can be as much of a problem to middle age adults as seniors and is one women are more likely to face than men. The majority of chronic pain sufferers have been…

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Feb 1, 2005
Author Unknown
WAVY.com (VA)
A Chesapeake doctor and his wife are under arrest, facing a 91-count federal indictment unsealed Wednesday in the U.S. District Court in Norfolk.
Sidney S. Loxley, 62, and his wife, 39-year old Carol Dean Loxley, were also arrested Wednesday.
A federal grand jury returned the indictment last month. In it, Dr. Loxley, his […]