"No data exist to support forced, community-based opioid tapering to drastically low levels.." Thanks David Juurlink Andrea Anderson & signatories International Stakeholder Community of Pain Experts & Leaders Call for Urgent Action on Forced Opioid Tapering academic.oup.com/painmedicine/a…

International Stakeholder Community of Pain Experts and Leaders Call for an Urgent Action on Forced Opioid Tapering Beth Darnall, PhD David Juurlink Robert Kerns Dr. Sean Mackey Keith Humphreys Dr. Ming Kao Stefan Kertesz, MD, MSc Bob Twillman Laird Law PLLC Jeffrey Fudin bit.ly/2TXFotC

The 9 key steps of the pain cycle Dr. Ming Kao 1. Injury, surgery, inflammation 2. Peripheral sensitization 3. Central sensitization 4. Pain 5. Pain cognitive processes 6. Depression and anxiety 7. Cortical reorganization 8. Avoidance and disability 9. Muscle spasm deconditioning

Neuromodulation (spinal cord stimulation, peripheral nerve stimulation, intrathecal analgesics) are an effective and safe way to treat selected patients with chronic pain as an alternative to opioids. bit.ly/2AFrq6E

Roughly 130 pain experts and leaders from the US, Canada, the UK, and Australia published a letter in Pain Medicine Journal opposing community-based forced prescription opioid tapering in patients taking long-term prescription opioids. bit.ly/2zAelfj

In an effort led by Beth Darnall, PhD, roughly 130 pain experts and leaders from around the world published a letter in Pain Medicine Journal opposing community-based forced prescription opioid tapering in patients taking long-term prescription opioids. bit.ly/2BN7ReF

For our daily Pain Medicine fellow lecture (Mon-Fri) today, Michael Leong, director of neuromodulation, discussed spinal cord stimulator implantation with Drs. Kristine Watford and Ada Yao.

Approximately 130 pain experts and leaders from the US, Canada, the UK, and Australia, call for an urgent action on forced #opioid tapering. Beth Darnall, PhD David Juurlink Dr. Sean Mackey Dr. Ming Kao Michael Leong Jeffrey Fudin Keith Humphreys bit.ly/2U4WRA8

Great opportunity for the public to provide comments on the Pain Management Task Force's draft report on improving the treatment of chronic and acute pain. Please RT so everyone has an opportunity to provide feedback. ⬇️

.Michael Leong presented on "Interventional Pain Medicine in Academics or Large Organizations" at the Stanford Pain Medicine Fellowship didactic lecture today. #StanfordPain #PainFellowship

"Predict, prevent and alleviate pain." It's our mission. #StanfordPain

National Pain Strategies are an important solution to managing the twin crises in chronic pain and prescription opioids. The BMJ

These are the 9 key steps of the pain cycle: 1. Injury, surgery, inflammation 2. Peripheral sensitization 3. Central sensitization 4. Pain 5. Pain cognitive processes 6. Depression and anxiety 7. Cortical reorganization 8. Avoidance and disability 9. Muscle spasm deconditioning

Chronic pain is a debilitating disease which affects over 100 million Americans. It costs the United States in excess of half a trillion dollars each year and is the leading cause for why people are out of work. Learn more about various pain conditions: stan.md/2YJLT4T

From prison to graduating with a PhD, Stanford postdoctoral fellow Noel Vest, PhD hasn't let his past experiences with addiction and incarceration keep him from a science career. #PrisonToPhD stan.md/2So7PjG

At the ASPN conference in Miami with Dr. Ottestad

This September marks the Stanford Division of Pain Medicine's 30th anniversary when it first opened its doors on the second floor of the Boswell Building at Stanford Health Care in September 1989. #StanfordPain30

Shalini Shalini Shah and me at Restaurant R’evolution

Join Dean Lloyd Minor and special guest Bill Gates on Oct. 21 at 11:30 a.m. PT for a conversation about COVID-19 and the future of global health. stan.md/3iX3Oyw #StanfordMedLIVE

"The COVID-19 pandemic has made access to crucial healthcare services a challenge for many patients, especially those with chronic pain," Stanford pain physician Michael Leong and UC Irvine Anesthesiology & Perioperative Care's Shalini Shah write. stan.md/3jyDFX3