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  one woman’s experience with a good pain doctor

  Posted on May 28, 2012 by nikkimeredith in health and beauty, migraine and chronic pain.

  As I write this, an intense pain is beginning to throb behind my right eye.  I gave myself a shot of Imitrex, a non-narcotic vasoconstrictor two hours ago but the injections only provide me with two hours of relief and the pain is returning. One can only have two injections in a 24-hour period so […]

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  Painkiller Paranoia is Over Prescribed

  Posted on May 15, 2012 by nikkimeredith in health and beauty, migraine and chronic pain.

  At least once a week there’s an article in The New York Times about the dark side of opiate use. Veterans, NFL players, pregnant women, old people — all on painkillers, all at special risk, whatever the study of the week finds.  Oxy, as in Oxycodone, is now ubiquitous in popular culture: we have Nurse […]

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