Category Archives: opioids

Research in service to the pain community by Jonathan Mayer

Posted on April 1, 2018 by epihealth

While working in Ghana, one of my first reactions to the largest “slum” in the country was that I could not be one of those researchers who would take research data from the community and then leave the community. I … Continue reading →

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There is no one “opioid epidemic”

Posted on March 17, 2018 by epihealth

I am now spending more time on pain and opioid research than I am on infectious diseases. There’s a dearth of knowledge on the epidemiology of chronic pain. What we keep on hearing about, though, is “the opioid epidemic.” I … Continue reading →

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