Pain Management: Chronic Pain 101 - CareOregon MEDS Ed Seminar (1/5)

Dr. Rachel Solotaroff discusses chronic pain in relation to pain management in the first part of this CareOregon MEDS Ed seminar.

Clinicians discuss treating chronic pain and ways to talk with patients about their pain management regimens. Speakers describe how to screen, recognize and triage high-risk symptoms associated with pain medications.

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Pain Management: A MEDS Ed seminar
Recorded on Dec. 3, 2015 at the CareOregon building, Portland, Ore.

FEATURED SPEAKERS

• Dr. Rachel Solotaroff, Medical Director, Central City Concern Chair, CareOregon Metro Chronic Pain/Chemical Dependency Task Force

• Tara Berkson, PharmD, MEDS Ed Coordinator, CareOregon

• Nadejda Razi-Robertson, LCSW, Behavioral Health Consultant

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PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

MEDS Ed is an ongoing education series by CareOregon’s Pharmacy team. It’s geared to health care professionals involved in direct patient care at community clinics. Attendees leave with valuable tools and insights that improve how they can contribute to multi-disciplinary teams.

Each three-hour MEDS Ed session examines a disease state that highly impacts patient quality of life, requires complex management, and may lead to increased emergency department visits and inpatient stays. Speakers are pharmacists and clinicians from the community and from CareOregon staff.

[glendapruett]

Thank goodness it’s all in my head 😀😀😀😀I have been cured, it’s all clear to Oh I get it. It’s a behavioral health issue now😆😆😆😆

[joycecrumley]

If we agree with your choice we should have a right to choose.

[klarity]

Some people with Central Pain say that opioids do help them.

[theKaufmanTapes]

This was amazing . . she recognized suboxone as a “miracle drug” . . . Thank the Lord for you. 🙏

[glendapruett]

Ok so if I have a broken bone or a headache, all I have to do is rub that area and the pain will go away😳😳😳😳😳that’s

[thecurtray]

i have alot of left leg pain. my son knew me both ways almost, then in life a auto reared him and it caused him constant pain body also. he apologizes to me all the time about how he had no idea what i have dealt with. wonder if this lady might do the same. i assume she does not have chronic pain though. her demeanor and my knowledge would guess no she does not nor would i ever want anyone to have this. this old vid just showed up.

[pamelasmith]

It is NOT TRUE that opioids do not help with fibromyalgia pain. Many fibromyalgia patients cannot tolerate a lot of medications. I am one of them, but I can tolerate oxycodone. I was just in a huge flare up and after tolerating it for many days trying not to take my medication as I only have so many to last me the month, I took a double dose (I am on the lowest dose) it didn’t take all of my pain away, but it calmed my whole body down enough so I could function for the rest of the day. If we can get just a small amount of relief to help us get through the worst times, that’s all we are asking for. If you have never lived with constant all over body pain for 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, you cannot possibly know what we go through. I have tried every single treatment known to man, but have yet to find any treatment that relieves all of my pain. Swimming gives maybe an hour of relief and meditation and deep breathing helps a little, but there are very few people with real chronic pain who can get complete pain relief from these things you are suggesting. I do agree that if you are just diagnosed with these kinds of pain everything should be tried before going on opioids, but after some time, that may be the only thing that helps. Not having good pain control can cause high anxiety, high stress, high blood pressure, high blood sugar, heart attacks and even suicide. I have been suffering debilitating pain with Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue, Osteoarthritis for over thirty years. I think after suffering for so many years and having my life taken away from me, I deserve to live out the few years I may have left with as much pain relief as is possible. We really need doctors, pain specialists and scientists to advocate for chronic pain patients to give us what we need. There are just as many side effects from gabapentin and some of the other drugs as there are in some of the opioids. I have had very severe reactions to most of the meds my doctors has tried me on over the years. When my pain overwhelms me I cannot exercise, go out and do shopping or accomplish or take care of proper nutrition. When I take my meds and get a little pain control, I can go out and swim or do a, short walk, prepare healthier meals and I can socialize with friends. I know there is a down side to taking opioids, but there are also a lot of positives and make our lives tolerable. Thank you

[Solittletimetoomany]

Pain is inevitable, suffering is optional? BS!

[rockybalboa]

I wonder what your talk would be about if YOU suffered from unending chronic pain for years on end and your "health professionals" look at you as a drug user or even worse as if all this suffering is psychological. You corrupt doctors should all suffer as we chronic pain sufferers do. And all that alternative treatment is snake oil at best and harmful at worst.

[Solittletimetoomany]

Someone is deleting comments in this video! So much for open discussion.

[alannahmay]

I'm glad that many doctors don't agree with this stuff. Many, many people can bear witness that opioids do work for chronic pain. No, chronic pain and addiction are not the same or even close. We humans are not your lab rats.

[matovicmmilan]

To recommend a patient such nonsense like yoga, meditation, tai chi and similar completely unclear and unable to be proven would make me feel like a criminal!!!

[EDD]

MANAGE ? B.S. manage your car, the road, ! @ # % .

[neatstuff]

This teacher is just making up a bunch of Lies for these kids in the audience to believe is true. Very SAD.