How did patients manage their pain when lockdowns and isolation cut off access to in-person treatments, therapies and interventions? Many turned to new or increasing opioid prescriptions, according to experts who spoke to Pain Medicine News for ON PAIN. At the same time, the opioid epidemic didn’t disappear, explained Francesca Beaudoin, MS, MD, PhD, an associate professor of emergency medicine (research), epidemiology and health services, policy and practice at Brown University, in
AUGUST 2, 2021