IAS Opioid and Chronic Pain Survey - with Video

From: International Adhesions Society (tracy.joslin@adhesions.org)
Sun Mar 10 16:33:59 2013


From: adhesions@adhesions.org [mailto:adhesions@adhesions.org] On Behalf Of Synechion@aol.com Sent: Monday, March 04, 2013 7:32 PM To: adhesions-request@adhesions.org Subject: IAS Opioid and Chronic Pain Survey - with Video

International Adhesions Society (IAS) Research Study on Opioid Use in Chronic Pain

FDA is considering reducing access to pain relieving medication.

[please check your spam box as some of these emails have found there way there]   You can complete the survey here

https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/OpioidsChronicPainFDA   and watch a short video about it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Nvx6L2bd14

Make your voice heard and influence FDA policy on pain relief by completing this survey conducted by the International Adhesions Society and supported by KevMed, LLC.

Opioids (narcotic drugs related to morphine - hydrocodone, oxycodone, heroin, tramadol, etc.) contribute to about 75% of all deaths due to prescription drugs, in turn accounting for 58% of all drug-related deaths. Although US opioid sales are estimated to be $9 billion, societal costs of opioid abuse, misuse, addiction and overdose are estimated at $56 billion.

Concerned about these statistics, FDA is inviting comment about proposals to limit the types of pain, doses and length of treatment for which opioids are approved. The proposals, if implemented could limit legitimate access to opioids by patients with chronic pain.

Arguments on both sides have been submitted, but ACTUAL data supporting either position are sparse. ACTUAL data makes a difference to policy makers and so we are conducting this survey to provide FDA with ACTUAL data on opioid use in patients with chronic pain, especially pelvic & abdominal pain due to adhesions, ARD, CAPPS, interstitial cystitis, IBS, pudendal neuralgia, endometriosis, and hysterectomy complications. Patients with other types of chronic pain are most welcome to participate in this important effort.

Given the high public profile of this topic, our statement will provide a platform for us to raise awareness about adhesions, endometriosis, IC, IBS, CPP and related conditions. It will showcase the achievements of the IAS made possible by your participation in our work, including, relevant to this subject, our research on PainShield® MD, a portable, wearable, therapeutic ultrasound device that provides novel and effective treatment for pain. PainShield MD requires no surgery or drugs and may allow patients to reduce or avoid opioids as well as surgical procedures such as hysterectomy or adhesiolysis.

No one wants to take any drugs, much less opioids which play havoc on bowel function, but until there is widespread use of alternatives such as PainShield MD we must ensure access of chronic pain patients to opioids. We certainly want to see safer prescribing habits, but we do not believe the current FDA proposals will accomplish that. Our statement will also encourage comprehensive polices on pain itself, the prevention of its root causes (which includes adhesions) and the streamlining of the approval for marketing and reimbursement of new pain-relieving products.

Here is a link to the survey:

https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/OpioidsChronicPainFDA

To participate in this survey you will need to be at least 18 years of age, to live in the USA and currently suffer from ANY type of chronic pain that is NOT related to cancer.

Please also check out and tell your friends about PainShield MD, which we have found to reduce painful bowel, bladder, genital, musculoskeletal and other symptoms associated with ARD, adhesions, CAPPS, endometriosis, IC and IBS. PainShieldMD is being sold through KevMed - http://www.kevmed.com - a company we set up as a result of IAS research and whose profits we hope eventually will fund the IAS as well as further advances in the alleviation of suffering by not only adhesions patients, but all patients suffering with chronic pain.

To help you take charge of your pain we have designed a free Pain Diary that will help you track your condition and effectively communicate with your doctor leaving more time to plan and implement effective treatment. You can download this at http://www.kevmed.com/PainDiary.html.

This is important. On behalf of all pain sufferers, we must make our voice heard.

Sincerely,

David Wiseman PhD, MRPharmS Founder International Adhesions Society (President KevMed. LLC) http://www.adhesions.org http://www.iscapps.org


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